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The Road to Revolution: (1770-1776)

The Road to Revolution: (1770-1776). Warm-Up 2.4 Analyze the following:. Discussion Questions. Were the American grievances justified, or were the British being more reasonable than most Americans usually believe?

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The Road to Revolution: (1770-1776)

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

  2. Warm-Up 2.4Analyze the following:

  3. Discussion Questions • Were the American grievances justified, or were the British being more reasonable than most Americans usually believe? • In 1775 which side would a neutral observer have expected to win—Britain or the Colonies? Why? • What was the Revolutionary movement, at its core, really about? Amount of taxes? Right of Parliament to tax? Corruption?`

  4. Was the American Revolution Inevitable??

  5. Tar and Feathering

  6. The Boston Massacre (March 5,1770)

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

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

  9. 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.

  10. Boston Tea Party (1773)

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

  12. The Quebec Act (1774)

  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 British Are Coming . . . 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. The Second Continental Congress(1775) Olive Branch Petition

  17. Was the American Revolution Inevitable??

  18. Thomas Paine: Common Sense

  19. Declaration of Independence (1776)

  20. Declaration of Independence

  21. Independence Hall

  22. New National Symbols

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