Br. Gvt. measures to prevent smuggling:

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. Currency Act - 1764 3. Quartering Act - 1765 4. Stamp Act - 1765

4. Theories of Representation Real Whigs Q->What was the extent of Parliament’s authority over the colonies?? Absolute? OR Limited? Q->How could the colonies give or withhold consent for parliamentary legislation when they did not have representation in that body??

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

6. Townshend Duties Crisis: 1767-1770 1767 William Pitt, P. M. & Charles Townshend, Secretary of the Exchequer. • Shift from paying taxes for Br. war debts & quartering of troops  paying col. govt. salaries. • He diverted revenue collection from internal to external trade. • Tax these imports  paper, paint, lead, glass, tea. • Increase custom officials at American ports  established a Board of Customs in Boston.

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

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

9. Pretty Silly Tammy Baked Tea Cookies Inside Freshly Layered Spicy DUNG

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

11. Was the American Revolution Inevitable??

12. Tar and Feathering

13. The Boston Massacre (March 5,1770)

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

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

16. 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.

17. Boston Tea Party (1773)

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

19. The Quebec Act (1774)

20. 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.

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

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

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

24. Was the American Revolution Inevitable??

25. Thomas Paine: Common Sense

26. Declaration of Independence (1776)

27. Declaration of Independence

28. Independence Hall

29. New National Symbols