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Revolution

Revolution. Intolerable Acts. -Parliament passes Coercive Acts in reaction -Colonist call it the Intolerable Acts -closed Boston Harbor -suspended basic civil rights -housed troops in peoples’ homes -Committees of Correspondence. 1st Continental Congress.

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Revolution

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  1. Revolution

  2. Intolerable Acts • -Parliament passes Coercive Acts in reaction • -Colonist call it the Intolerable Acts • -closed Boston Harbor • -suspended basic civil rights • -housed troops in peoples’ homes • -Committees of Correspondence

  3. 1st Continental Congress • -Committees of Correspondence had been communicating with other colonies • -militias begin to form • -minutemen • -after Intolerable Acts they call for a meeting • -late 1774 1st meeting held in Philadelphia • -discussed rights of colonies • -agreed to meet again in 1 year

  4. Lexington & Concord • -April 1775 • -British try to seize weapons stored in Concord • -Paul Revere, William Dawes, Samuel Prescott warn colonists • -minutemen met British at Lexington • -shots fired and colonists killed • -colonist conduct guerilla battle along road to Concord

  5. 2nd Continental Congress • -May 1775 • -called for an army and appointed Washington as leader • -some talk of compromise and some of independence

  6. Bunker Hill • -June 1775 • -Colonist take hill overlooking Boston (Breed’s Hill) • -British charge the hill 3 times until colonists run out of ammo • -lots of casualties • deadliest battle of war • -proves the intentions of the colonists

  7. Peace? • -July 1775 • -2nd Congress send King George a petition to return to the peace of the past • -he refuses the petition and urges the rebellion put down

  8. Declaration of Independence • -June 1776 Congress was debating Independence • Richard Henry Lee • -Committee appointed to begin work on formal document • -meant to explain the reasons for independence • -mostly written by Thomas Jefferson • -Congress edited the final draft • -Issued July 4, 1776

  9. Declaration of Independence • -Jefferson took ideas from many Enlightenment thinkers • -Natural Rights and Social Contract from John Locke • -All men are created equal • -Listed specific reasons for our independence

  10. Choosing Sides • -Tories • those who remained loyal to the King and the British • Loyalists • -Whigs • those who supported the move for independence • risked everything because they could be hung as traitors • Patriots • -Undecided • As many as a third of the colonists were undecided as to whether independence or remaining part of England was the best decision

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