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IS IT EVER JUSTIFIABLE TO OVERTHROW THE GOVERNMENT?

IS IT EVER JUSTIFIABLE TO OVERTHROW THE GOVERNMENT?. THE CHAOTIC 60s. 1763: end of salutory (beneficial) neglect No more “virtual self-government” No more evasion of mercantilist policies Enforcement of Navigation Acts (no use of foreign shipping colonial goods).

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IS IT EVER JUSTIFIABLE TO OVERTHROW THE GOVERNMENT?

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  1. IS IT EVER JUSTIFIABLE TO OVERTHROW THE GOVERNMENT?

  2. THE CHAOTIC 60s • 1763: end of salutory (beneficial) neglect • No more “virtual self-government” • No more evasion of mercantilist policies • Enforcement of Navigation Acts (no use of foreign shipping colonial goods)

  3. …and the colonists continue to be displeased with the British…

  4. How the colonists responded to the Stamp Act in 1765…

  5. Victory! …or not…

  6. The Boston Tea Party • Tea Act (1773) • Boston Tea Party (1773)

  7. British Response to the Boston Tea Party • Coercive & Port Acts (a.k.a. Intolerable Acts) (1774): British closed Boston Harbor until colonists paid for destroyed tea, permitted British officials accused of crimes in MA to stand trial in Britain, and drastically curtailed self-govt. in MA. • New Quartering Act • (1774)

  8. Colonial Response to What is Happening • 1774: 1st Continental Congress • King George declares colonies to be in a “state of rebellion” • 1775: 2nd Continental Congress extends Olive Branch Petition • King George rejects OBP; declares colonies in rebellion

  9. The Road to Revolution • April 1775: Battle of Lexington & Concord • January 1776: Thomas Paine publishes Common Sense • July 4, 1776: 2nd Continental Congress adopts Declaration of Independence

  10. "We must all hang together, or assuredly we shall all hang separately.“-Benjamin Franklin

  11. Final Question We know how the story ends. The colonies gain their independence and ultimately the USA is formed. But do you think that the colonists were justified in fighting for independence? Or do you think they would have been more justified in simply fighting for their rights as Englishmen? Explain your response.

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