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The Road to Revolution: (1770-1776)

The Road to Revolution: (1770-1776). Parts By: Ms. Susan M. Pojer. Was the American Revolution Inevitable??. Tar and Feathering. The Boston Massacre ( March 5,1770 ). The Gaspee Incident (1772).

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The Road to Revolution: (1770-1776)

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  1. The Road to Revolution: (1770-1776) Parts By: Ms. Susan M. Pojer

  2. Was the American Revolution Inevitable??

  3. Tar and Feathering

  4. The Boston Massacre (March 5,1770)

  5. The Gaspee Incident(1772) Run aground off Providence, RI coast. Patriots dressed like Indians, capture soldiers and burn ship…Sound Familiar?

  6. Committees of Correspondence Purpose warn neighboring colonies about incidents with Br. broaden the resistance movement. *Frequently discussed Gaspee Incident in letters

  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

  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. The Association

  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. Invasion of Canada Does this action fit into the idea of the American Revolution?

  16. Was the American Revolution Inevitable??

  17. Thomas Paine: Common Sense

  18. Declaration of Independence (1776)

  19. Declaration of Independence

  20. Independence Hall

  21. New National Symbols

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