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The American Revolution

The American Revolution. The Coming Of Independence. Suffolk Resolves. Sept. 1774 MA Don’t obey new laws w/hold taxes Prepare for war. Continental Congress. Sept. 1774 – Philadelphia Organize resistance to Intolerable Acts 12 colonies (GA didn’t go) Most prominent leaders

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The American Revolution

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  1. The American Revolution The Coming Of Independence

  2. Suffolk Resolves • Sept. 1774 MA • Don’t obey new laws • w/hold taxes • Prepare for war

  3. Continental Congress • Sept. 1774 – Philadelphia • Organize resistance to Intolerable Acts • 12 colonies (GA didn’t go) • Most prominent leaders • MA both Adamses • VA (7) Washington, Lee, Henry

  4. Patrick Henry • “I am not a Virginian, but an American.” • “Give me liberty, or give me death!”

  5. Continental Association • Endorsed Suffolk Resolves • Almost complete halt of trade w/ GB • Encouraged domestic manufacturing • Authorized Committees of Safety

  6. Committees of Safety • Take action against “enemies of American Liberty” • Businessmen seek to profit from scarcity • Chance for lower classes to get involved in politics. • Younger people determined not to let resistance drop. • Cause of Boston the cause of colonies

  7. Liberty • 1775 - “Americans are liberty mad” • Right to resist oppressive authority. • Liberty was the cause of God • Rights of Englishmen & natural rights & universal freedom • Locke’s theory of natural rights.

  8. The British Are Coming!

  9. Outbreak of War • Apr. 19, 1775 • Lexington & Concord • 49 Am. 73 Brit. • Word spread through colonies

  10. May 1775 - Ethan Allen & Green Mtn. Boys • Capture Ft. Ticonderoga

  11. Siege of Boston • June 17 – Battle of Bunker Hill (costly Brit victory) • Winter ’75 H. Knox has cannon dragged 100 miles to Boston. • March 1776 Brit. Gen. Howe abandoned city.

  12. Second Continental Congress • May 1775 • Raise an army • Print $ • Geo. Washington commander • Experienced • Southerner • Reinforce unity • GB declares colonies state of rebellion.

  13. Independence? • 1775 many shied away. • Some colonies feared anarchy from below as much as tyranny from above. • Effected how leaders thought about ind. • MA & VA support • So. Wanted power & angered by Dunmore Proclamation. • NY & PA more difficult

  14. Common Sense • July 1775 Olive Branch Petition rejected. • 1776 Thomas Paine writes pamphlet justifying independence.

  15. Audience • Unique – directed to uneducated • Clear, direct, uncomplicated • Expanded those who were now in the debate • Sold more than 150,000 copies • $ went to supply troops

  16. Alternative • Attacked Brit. system (King & Elite rule) • Better alternative • Democratic system • Frequent election • Peoples rights protected by constitution

  17. Independence • “A continent should not ne ruled by an island” • Leaving empire, free to trade w/ world • Free from England’s wars • Empire a burden not a benefit

  18. New Vision • “The cause of America is the cause of all mankind.” • New nation home of freedom. • “an asylum for mankind”

  19. Result • By Spring of 1776 people are ready • Communities passing resolutions calling for separation. • Only 6 mo. Passed from Common Sense and Declaration of Ind.

  20. Activity 1 • Who makes the rules in your home? • Who makes the decisions? • What decisions do you make? • Is there anything you would want to change about the rules or decision-making process in your family?

  21. Activity 2 • Who provides the basic needs of your family? • Describe the breakdown of chores at home. What do you do? • Who decided how these chores would be divided? • Do you get an allowance or any payment for what you do?

  22. How would you set up a home? • Think of all the economic and household responsibilities that you would now assume? • Think of new problems that might arise from living in a group and how they might get solved.

  23. Closing Thoughts • What are the benefits of living at home? Of living on one’s own? • Were you surprised at how many responsibilities independence gave you?

  24. The Declaration of Independence • July 2, 1776 United States formed • July 4 - D of I signed • Written by T. Jefferson • List of grievances “absolute tyranny” • Condemned king for slavery • Deleted by congress (GA & SC)

  25. The Preamble • “unalienable rights” • Basic, rooted in human nature itself • No gov’t could take away • The right of revolution • “the consent of the governed” • Social contract (Locke) • “to alter or to abolish it”

  26. Legacy • Inspiration for those denied natural rights. • Inspire colonial people around world seeking independence & self-gov’t.

  27. New Definition of Freedom • Shift from rights of Englishmen to rights of mankind. • Liberty no longer a privilege, now a universal entitlement.

  28. “pursuit of happiness” • Open-ended democratic process • develop own potential • Self-fulfillment unimpeded by gov’t • A central part of American freedom. • Americans will shape their society as they saw fit.

  29. An Asylum For Mankind • “American exceptionalism” • US has a special mission • Refuge from tyranny • Symbol of freedom • Model for the world • Central to American nationalism

  30. “workshop of liberty to the Civilized World” • J. Madison • “we have it in our power to begin the world over again” – T. Paine • Revolution of global historical importance.

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