Tyrannical

1. Tyrannical Part of Speech: Adjective Definition: harsh; oppressive (think: like a tyrant) Sentence: In the years leading up to the Revolutionary War, many colonists thought that the British government was extremely tyrannical.

2. The Road to Independence Date

3. The French and Indian War • War between French and British • Colonists fought for British, Native Americans fought with France • The British won and received all land east of the Mississippi • The colonists were not allowed to settle in the land they helped to win - west of Appalachians were off-limits (Proclamation of 1763) • To avoid conflict with Native Americans • Colonists were taxed to pay the war cost

4. Sugar Act • Lowered tax on imported molasses • Hurt the colonists’ sale of their own molasses

5. Stamp Act • Took effect on November 1, 1765 • Taxes for stamps that would be placed on paper products - anything from books, to wills, to playing cards • Made colonists very angry... • Repealed in 1766

8. Townsend Acts • Taxes on imported goods such as glass, lead, paint, tea, etc. • Most of these goods HAD to be imported (no production in the colonies) • This led to protests...

9. The Boston “Massacre” • Encounter between British troops and citizens of Boston • Colonists antagonized British soldiers • Snowball -> soldier -> fired -> 5 colonists dead • Propaganda

13. Tea Act • 1773 • Permitted the British East India Tea Company to sell their product at a lower price than the colonial tea companies • The colonists boycotted...refused to unload the tea from the ships • Led to the Boston Tea Party

14. Coercive/Intolerable Acts • Closed down state legislatures • Closed down Boston Harbor • The Quartering Act

15. So...why would any colonist NOT want to fight? • Remember, they were FROM Britain • Tradition of loyalty to the British crown • Family ties • Hope for a peaceful negtotiation

16. Patrick Henry’s Speech • This man’s goal was to PERSUADE colonists on the fence to FIGHT • Virginia Convention of 1775 • He constructed a speech that used powerful rhetorical devices to convince his audience. How?

17. Using Argumentative Appeals *Write this down!* • Logos - Appeals to LOGIC • Appealing to rationality - this may include facts, statistics, logical reasoning, etc. • “We should go to war because the British are taxing us too much. It is bad for the economy.”

18. Argumentative Appeals, Continued… • Pathos - Appeals to EMOTION • Appealing to the audience’s feelings - in persuasive speeches, authors often evoke strong emotions like anger, fear, pride, hope, etc. • “We should go to war because we have to house and feed British soldiers – doesn’t that make you ANGRY?”

19. Argumentative Appeals, Continued… • Ethos - Appeals to ETHICS • Appealing to the audience’s sense of what is moral and right OR appealing to credibility…why can we TRUST that this is the right thing to do/believe? • “We should go to war because we need to fight for the principles of liberty and justice!”

20. Let’s Practice... Logos (LOGIC) Ethos (ETHICS/ CREDIBILITY) Pathos (EMOTION)

21. Persuasive Techniques • Elevated Language • Formal words and phrases can lend a serious tone to discussion, when appropriate. • Rhetorical Questions • These are questions that don’t require answers. Writers pose these questions to show that their arguments make the answers obvious. • Repetition • Repeating a point tells the audience that it is especially important; repeating a form of expression (parallelism) tells the audience that the ideas expressed in the same way are related.

22. Let’s Practice

23. Put in Vocabulary Section Write down the bolded word and the definition using your context clues • The insidious politician tricked the American people by breaking promises he had once made. • But he watched all public incidents with a vigilant eye, and seized every passing opportunity of exposing departures from sound principle in parliament and courts of justice. • Fidel Castro is despotic ruler, in that he controls everything. • …Thereby lose all salutary effects and great advantages resulting naturally in our favor among foreign nations.

24. How Did You Do? • Insidious- Deceitful; treacherous • Vigilant- Alert to Danger • Despotism- Absolute rule • Salutary- Beneficial; promoting a good purpose • Now turn to page 99 in your text books.

25. Patrick Henry Author of “Speech in the Virginia Convention Most famous for “Give me liberty or give me death” Helped inspire colonists to unite in order the effort win their independence from Great Britain.

26. “Speech to in the Virginia Convention https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Cjwonvar-3g Complete the chart on page 38 in the “All in One Notebook” on your own paper. Answer Critical Reading 1-5 on page 103 of your Literature Books.

27. Speech in the Convention • Turn to page 105 in your literature books • https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=f5gHLmu0bzQ • Answer Questions 1-4 on page 107 of your books. • Questions 1, 2 (you must make the chart, use the chart you’ve already made to get you starts) ,3,4, 9,10.