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The Road to Revolution: (1770-1776)

The Road to Revolution: (1770-1776). Was the American Revolution Inevitable??. Tar and Feathering Tax Collectors. The Boston Massacre ( March 5,1770 ). The Gaspee Incident (1772). Providence, RI coast. Committees of Correspondence.

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The Road to Revolution: (1770-1776)

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  1. The Road to Revolution: (1770-1776)

  2. Was the American Revolution Inevitable??

  3. Tar and Feathering Tax Collectors

  4. The Boston Massacre (March 5,1770)

  5. The Gaspee Incident(1772) Providence, RI coast

  6. Committees of Correspondence Purpose warn neighboring colonies about incidents with Br. broaden the resistance movement.

  7. Tea Act (1773) • British East India Co.: • Monopoly on Br. tea imports. • Many members of Parl. held shares. • Permitted the Co. to sell tea directly to cols. without col. middlemen (cheaper tea!) • North expected the cols. to eagerly choose the cheaper tea.

  8. Boston Tea Party (1773)

  9. The Coercive or IntolerableActs (1774) 1. Port Bill 2. Government Act 3. New Quartering Act Lord North 4. Administration of Justice Act Is this Tyranny?

  10. The Quebec Act (1774)

  11. First Continental Congress (1774) 55 delegates from 12 colonies Agenda How to respond to the Coercive Acts & the Quebec Act? 1 vote per colony represented.

  12. The British Are Coming . . . Paul Revere & William Dawes make their midnight ride to warn the Minutemen of approaching British soldiers.

  13. The Shot Heard ’Round the World! Lexington & Concord – April 18,1775

  14. The Second Continental Congress(1775) Olive Branch Petition

  15. Thomas Paine: Common Sense

  16. Declaration of Independence (1776)

  17. Declaration of Independence

  18. Independence Hall

  19. New National Symbols

  20. Govt. gets its authority from the citizens. • A selfless, educated citizenry. • Elections should be frequent. • Govt. should guarantee individual rights & freedoms. • Govt.’s power should be limited [checks & balances]. • The need for a written Constitution. • “E Pluribus Unum.” [“Out of many, one”] • An important role for women  raise good, virtuous citizens.[“Republican Womanhood”]. Classical view of a model republic EnlightenmentThinking The“VirtuousRepublic” “City on a hill”[John Winthrop] Ideal citizen[Cincinnatus]

  21. Was the American Revolution Inevitable??

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