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The Road to Revolution: (1763-1776)

The Road to Revolution: (1763-1776). Was the American Revolution Inevitable??. Great Britain’s Future Problems. Differing Belief System Colonists vs. England. Violation of previous treaties Settlers encroaching on land British treatment different the French.

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The Road to Revolution: (1763-1776)

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  1. The Road to Revolution: (1763-1776)

  2. Was the American Revolution Inevitable??

  3. Great Britain’s Future Problems Differing Belief System Colonists vs. England

  4. Violation of previous treaties Settlers encroaching on land British treatment different the French Causes of Pontiac’s Rebellion

  5. Neolin, Delaware prophet – “They are our enemies, our brother’s enemies” Pontiac (Ottowa Chief), “we must unite and exterminate from our land those who wish to destroy us” Loss of Indian morale, French aid, ammunition short supply – siege ended Pontiac’s Rebellion

  6. Purpose: As a way to prevent future conflict between British and Native Americans Points: 1. Barred settlement west of Appla. Mts. 2. Fur-traders must gain permission Reactions: Resentment by Land-Hungry settlers Complete ignoring of the law Proclamation Act of 1763

  7. New Leaders in Great Britain

  8. Duty on foreign sugar, molasses Paying taxes was nothing new - This act actually lowered the existing duty Smuggling cases sent to Britain British crown heard the case no trial by jury of peers Sugar Act – Prime Minister Grenville

  9. Lowered business for merchants, ship builders Parliament response: “Pay part of the costs for securing the frontier” Non-Importation Agreement: colonists agreed to boycott British goods in protest Sugar Act (cont.)

  10. Passed by Parliament in Great Britain “No Representation” All printed matter Sons of Liberty Protest (peaceful and violent) Public meetings Boston members Stamp Act Congress - Delegates of 9 colonies - Unified resistance “Parliament has no right to tax us” – only colonial legislatures Stamp Act

  11. Sons of Liberty Virginia Resolves “Caesar had his brutus, Charles the First his Cromwell And George the Third….”

  12. Tar and Feathering

  13. Other Acts • Declaratory Act 1766 • William Pitt returns • Colonists overjoyed Quartering Act 1765-66 • Townshend Acts 1767 • Glass, tea, paint, paper, tea • General writs of assistance – violation of privacy • Tax things imported to the colonies, not produced • within the colonies

  14. Lord North Repealed parts of Townshend Act Allowed Quartering Act to expire New law: Salaries of Governors and Judges paid by Great Britain Afraid that Governors, Judges would be in the “pocket of Great Britain” Committees of Correspondence were created! New Prime Minister in BritainChanges?

  15. The Boston Massacre (March 5,1770)

  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!) • Lord North expected the cols. to eagerly choose the cheaper tea.

  17. Boston Tea Party (1773) What were the differing views held by colonists to this event?

  18. The Coercive or IntolerableActs (1774) 1. Port Bill 2. Government Act • Administration of Justice Act • New Quartering Act • Unified colonists more than ever – “threat to colonial liberty” Lord North

  19. The Quebec Act (1774)

  20. First Continental Congress (1774) 56 delegates from 12 colonies – Convention – no lawmaking authority Agenda: How to respond to the Coercive Acts and Quebec Acts?

  21. September 5 to October 26, 1774 Final Resolves: Expressed loyalty to Great Britain Continue to boycott English goods Right to legislate themselves Meet again in 1775 if their demands are not met Agenda

  22. Last Attempts… • - 1775, William Pitt pleaded to • Parliament to treat the colonists like • True sons, not “bastard children” • Edmund Burke (House of Commons) • – pleaded for Conciliation • “Great Empires and little minds go • Ill together” • - Parliament refused to listen!!! March 23, 1775

  23. The British Are Coming . . . Paul Revere, William Dawes & Samuel Prescott make their rides to warn the Minutemen of approaching British soldiers.

  24. The Shot Heard ’Round the World! Lexington & Concord – April 19,1775 Captain Jonas (John) Parker – “Don’t fire unless fired upon, but if they mean to have war, let it begin here.” Major John Pitcairn – Lay down yours and disperse, you damn rebels” The road back to Boston – highway of death for the regulars

  25. The Second Continental Congress(opens in May, 1775) Raise Army, Appoint Commander, Olive Branch Petition

  26. British General Howe - Bunker Hill (actually fought on Breeds Hill) Patriot retreat, but over 1100 British killed or wounded Ethan Allen and Benedict Arnold take Ft. Ticonderoga Henry Knox – cannons captured at Ft. Ticonderoga Patriots capture Dorchester Hts Siege of Boston

  27. Common Sense – Thomas Paine

  28. Common Sense, Jan. 1776 June 7, 1776, Richard Henry Lee proposed 3 prong resolution – form committees Declaring Independence Committee John Adams, Ben Franklin, Robert Livingston, Roger Sherman, Thomas Jefferson June 7, 1776

  29. Declaration of Independence resolution (July 2, 1776)

  30. Independence Hall WHY WAS THE SLAVERY PARAGRAPH REMOVED?

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