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The Road to Revolution: (1770-1776)

The Road to Revolution: (1770-1776). The Road to Independence. British Colonies. Tea Act. Stamp Act. Sugar Act. Coercive Acts. Declaratory Acts. Townshend Acts. Was the American Revolution Inevitable??. What if…?. FIW. British Debt. Tax. Revolt. Independence. John Adams.

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The Road to Revolution: (1770-1776)

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

  2. The Road to Independence British Colonies Tea Act Stamp Act Sugar Act Coercive Acts Declaratory Acts Townshend Acts

  3. Was the American Revolution Inevitable??

  4. What if…? FIW British Debt Tax Revolt Independence

  5. John Adams The Revolution was effected before the war commenced. The Revolution was in the minds and hearts of the people. John Adams, 1818

  6. Republicanism a just society depends on the willingness of all citizens to subordinate their private interests to the common good Radical Whigs Feared the threat to liberty posed by the arbitrary power of the monarch and his ministers relative to elected representatives in Parliament Mercantilism -Make a list of how this system hurt and helped the colonies! (book pg. 123-124) The Deep Roots of Revolution

  7. Effects of Seven Year’s War • George Grenville, Prime Minister decided to impose a series of TAXES on the colonists

  8. ACT ONE SUGAR ACT - 1764 QUARTERING ACT - 1765 TOWNSHEND ACTS - 1767 STAMP ACT - 1765

  9. Grenville’s New Imperial Program

  10. Stamp Act: 1st Imperial Crisis

  11. Tar and Feathering

  12. A Colonial Victory??? • Stamp Act is repealed by Parliament. • Declaratory Act is passed! [The Declaratory Act] reasserted the imperial right of taxation anywhere in the empire and affirmed the legislative supremacy of Parliament ‘to make laws and statutes of sufficient force and vitality to bund the colonies and people of America…in all cases whatsoever’.” - Benson Bobrick, Angel in the Whirlwind

  13. The Townshend Duties

  14. The Boston Massacre (March 5,1770)

  15. ACT TWO COERCIVE ACTS – 1773 (Intolerable Acts) TEA ACT - 1773 1st Continental Congress 1774 Quebec Act- 1774

  16. Committees of Correspondence • Purposeexchange info. About resistance to Brit. Policies • These intercolonial groups were extremely significant in achieving united action broadened the resistance movement. • Sam Adams!

  17. Tea Act-1773 • Permitted the British East India Co. to sell tea directly to cols. without col. middlemen (cheaper tea!) • Brit. Helping company get rid of extra tea left over from boycott • Demonstrators refused to let ships unload cargos in various ports; burned tea leaves

  18. Boston Tea Party-1773

  19. The Coercive or IntolerableActs (1774) 1.Port Bill(closed port of Boston) 2.Government Act(annulled Mass charter and prohibited local town meetings) 3.New QuarteringAct (use private homes) Lord North 4.Administration of Justice Act (trials can be transferred to Britain)

  20. The Quebec Act >Recognized Roman Catholicism >Extended Quebec boundaries into Ohio River Valley >Did not allow representative assemblies or trial by juries >Colonists saw this act as Proof of Parliaments ‘real’ intentions for the American colonies

  21. First Continental Congress- Sept.-Oct. 1774 55 delegates from 12 colonies Agenda How to respond to the Coercive Acts & the Quebec Act? 1 vote per colony represented.

  22. Accomplishments of First Continental Congress • Passed a Declaration of Rights and Grievances • Demanded repeal of Coercive Acts; want to limit Parliament’s authority to only regulate trade, not to TAX (leave that power to local assemblies) • Created “The Association” • Complete boycott (no imports, exports, or consumption of Brit. Goods); take effect Dec. 1774 • Congress to meet again in May 1775 • Interesting to note, the Continental Congress is still not mentioning REBELLION…. Just ways to reconcile

  23. The British Are Coming Paul Revere & William Dawes make their midnight ride to warn the Minutemen of approaching British soldiers.

  24. The Shot Heard ’Round the World! Lexington & Concord – April 18,1775

  25. Road to Revolution Booklet • Project counts as a QUIZ grade AND as your Ch. 7 Identifications (Vocab) • 4 pieces of paper • Fold into booklet

  26. Stress-O-Meter • Rank the Causes of the Revolution by how much stress they caused in the relationship between Britain and the colonies • Explain your values in the square below • WRITE a response to this prompt: • Of the acts listed, choose ONE and explain why it could be considered the greatest contributor to the Revolution, providing at least ONE piece of evidence to support your explanation

  27. Prompt-At what point (if any) did the Revolution become inevitable? Why? (Answer using an introductory paragraph including a thesis). Causes of the American Revolution By________________ Class Period______

  28. Pg 2: Navigation Acts • Pg. 3: French and Indian War • Pg. 4: Sugar Act • Pg. 5: Stamp Act • Pg. 6: Quartering Act • Pg. 7: Townshend Act • Pg. 8: Boston Massacre • Pg. 9: Tea Act • Pg. 10: Coercive Act • Pg. 11:Quebec Act • Pg. 12: 1st Cont. Congress • Pg. 13:2nd Cont. Cong • Pg. 14: Common Sense • Pg. 15: Declaration

  29. Homework Changes • Due Monday: • Read pg. 140-146 • Reading Questions #1-6 • Due Tuesday • Read pg. 146-150; AND 154-161 • Reading Questions #7-11 • Ch. 7 Quiz Tuesday (study chart/RQ’s) • Booklet Due • Wed. 09/24 Quiz: Ch. 6-8/ MC and SAQ Thurs. 09/25

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