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The Road to revolution 1763-1775

The Road to revolution 1763-1775. Us history SOME IMAGES AND INFO. BORROWED FROM SUSAN POJER. BOSTON MASSACRE, 1770. Was the American revolution inevitable?. Intro. Of new thoughts.

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The Road to revolution 1763-1775

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  1. The Road to revolution 1763-1775 Us history SOME IMAGES AND INFO. BORROWED FROM SUSAN POJER

  2. BOSTON MASSACRE, 1770

  3. Was the American revolution inevitable?

  4. Intro. Of new thoughts • republicanism: Greek and Roman philosophy where a group elects an official, rather than hereditarily handed down, for the collective good of the community • Radical Whigs: emergence of political party in England who fear the independence of the colonies. • Mercantilism: theory that the wealth in the nation’s treasury represents the nation’s military and political power. • Thomas Paine: Common Sense

  5. Legislation • The Stamp Act of 1764 • The Sugar Act of 1764 • The Quartering Act of 1765 • Stamp Act of Congress-1765 • The Declaratory Act-1766 • Townshend Acts-1767 • Tea Act-1773 • Intolerable Acts-1774 • Quebec Acts-1774

  6. 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.

  7. The Boston Tea party-1773

  8. The Coercive or IntolerableActs (1774) • Port Bill • Government Act • New Quartering Act • Administration of Justice Act Lord North

  9. Quebec Act-1774

  10. Public punishment for the excise man, 1774 Tar and Feathering SONS OF LIBERTY

  11. The Gaspee Affair-1772 OFF THE COAST OF RHODE ISLAND

  12. The Committees of correspondence • What? • Where? • Why? Samuel Adams

  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 midnight ride of paul revere-1775 Paul Revere & William Dawes make their midnight ride to warn the Minutemen of approaching British soldiers.

  15. The Shot heard round the world Lexington & Concord – April 18,1775

  16. Second Continental congress-1775 Olive Branch Petition

  17. Was the Revolution inevitable?

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