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The Road to Revolution: ( 1761-1776 )

Explore pivotal events leading to American independence including the Stamp Act Crisis, Boston Tea Party, and Declaration of Independence.

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The Road to Revolution: ( 1761-1776 )

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  1. The Road to Revolution: (1761-1776)

  2. Rethinking Their Empire Br. Gvt. measures to prevent smuggling: • 1761 writs of assistance • James Otis’ case • Protection of a citizen’s private property must be held in higher regard than a parliamentary statute. • He lost  parliamentary law and custom had equalweight.

  3. George Grenville’s Program, 1763-1765 1. Sugar Act - 1764 2.Stamp Act - 1765

  4. Stamp Act Crisis (1765) Loyal Nine- 1765 Sons of Liberty– began in NYC:Samuel Adams Stamp Act Congress– 1765*Stamp Act Resolves Declaratory Act– 1766

  5. Townshend Duties Crisis: 1767-1770 1767 imposed new import duties on glass and tea • unwittingly encouraged even more colonists to boycott British goods • created a Board of Commissioners to catch smugglers • use tax to raise revenue to pay the salaries of American governors and judges

  6. Colonial Response to the Townshend Duties 1. John Dickinson  1768*Letters from a Farmer in Pennsylvania. • 1768  2nd non-importation movement • “Daughters of Liberty” 3. Riots against customs agents:* John Hancock’s ship, the Liberty.* 4000 British troops sent to Boston.

  7. For the first time, many colonists began calling people who joined the non-importation movement, "patriots!"

  8. The Boston Massacre (March 5,1770)

  9. 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.

  10. Boston Tea Party (1773)

  11. The Coercive or IntolerableActs (1774) 1. Port Bill 2. Government Act 3. New Quartering Act Lord North 4. Administration of Justice Act

  12. The Quebec Act (1774)

  13. 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.

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

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

  16. Thomas Paine: Common Sense

  17. Declaration of Independence (1776)

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