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EVENTS LEAD to WAR

EVENTS LEAD to WAR. Pre-Game Triangle Trade Navigation Acts Salutary Neglect (self-rule) French & Indian War Albany Plan / Congress (NO cooperation) AFTER THE WAR!!!!!!!!! 1 st Quarter Proclamation of 1763 Sugar/Quartering/Stamp

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EVENTS LEAD to WAR

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  1. EVENTS LEAD to WAR

  2. Pre-Game Triangle Trade Navigation Acts Salutary Neglect (self-rule) French & Indian War Albany Plan / Congress (NO cooperation) AFTER THE WAR!!!!!!!!! 1st Quarter Proclamation of 1763 Sugar/Quartering/Stamp Patrick Henry (others) Stamp Act Congress Sons /Daughters of Liberty Boycotts Stamp Act Repealed 2nd Quarter Declaratory Act (king) Townshend Acts (Americans Respond) Public Actions Samuel Adams / others Open Articles Protests (Open) Boston Massacre -Crispus Attucks Committees of Correspondence

  3. 3rd Quarter Lord North Gaspee Affair Boston Tea Party - East India Co. 1774 Intolerable Acts Gen. Gage “Martial Law” 1st Continental Congress 1st Bloodshed- Lexington & Concord 4th Quarter 2nd Continental Congress Siege of BOSTON Ft. Ticonderoga -Ethan Allen & Green Mtn. Bunker Hill Olive Branch Petition Thomas Paines COMMON SENSE Declaration ofIndependence NEW BALLGAME THE REVOLUTIONARY WAR BEGINS

  4. Ch. 4 – 1: CLASS NOTES“Events Lead to WAR”

  5. How We Went from: Loyal British Subjects toFIGHTING FOR INDEPENDENCE Pre-Game (The FRENCH & INDIAN WAR) We change – They change 1st Qtr (FAIR) (Quiet – Boycott) 2nd Qtr (FIRM) (Louder – Violent) 3rd Qtr (NICE) (Stay Stirred Up) 4th Qtr (HARD) (Defend Ourselves) *NEW BALLGAME (Declare WAR) NO Gov’t, No Army-Navy, NO Money, NO Majority Support for War -30%

  6. Pre-Game Triangle Trade Navigation Acts Salutary Neglect (Lenient Self-Rule) French & Indian War Albany Plan / Congress (NO cooperation) AFTER THE WAR!!!!!!!!! 1st Quarter Proclamation of 1763 Sugar/Quartering/Stamp Patrick Henry (others) Stamp Act Congress Sons /Daughters of Liberty Boycotts Stamp Act Repealed 2nd Quarter Declaratory Act (king) Townshend Acts (Americans Respond) Public Actions Samuel Adams / others Open Articles Protests (Open) Boston Massacre -Crispus Attucks

  7. 3rd Quarter Lord North Committees of Correspondence Gaspee Affair Boston Tea Party - East India Co. 4th Quarter 1774 Intolerable Acts Gen. Gage “Martial Law” 1st Continental Congress 1st Bloodshed- Lexington & Concord 2nd Continental Congress Olive Branch Petition Siege of BOSTON Ft. Ticonderoga -Ethan Allen & Green Mtn. Bunker Hill Thomas Paines COMMON SENSE Declaration ofIndependence NEW BALLGAME REVOLUTIONARY WAR BEGINS

  8. Britain sends Troops/Taxes • Navigation Acts (1660) • SMUGGLING EVERYWHERE • Royal Proclamation of 1763 • 1764 - SUGAR ACT • 1765 • -STAMP ACT -QUARTERING ACT • PATRICK HENRY ( 7 resolutions ) • NO Taxation W/O Representation • Samuel Adams

  9. ORGANIZED RESISTANCE • SONS/DAUGHTER OF LIBERTY • Samuel Adams • BOYCOT or NONIMPORTATION • Stamp Act Congress • John Adams (9) 1765 • MARCH 1766 STAMP ACT REPEALED “DECLARATORY ACT” Parliament and the King have the FULL RIGHT to TAX the colonies

  10. RESISTANCE CONTINUES ’67 TOWNSHEND ACTS • Indirect Taxes/Duties • American Responses • 1768 Liberty seized • John Hancock • PUBLIC ARTICLES • SAMUEL ADAMS • March 1770 Boston Massacre -Crispus Attucks

  11. TENSIONS CONTINUE • 1770-1773 NORTH • GASPEE AFFAIR • COMMITTEES OF CORRESPONDENCE “threats to liberty” • British East India Co. • Tea Monopoly • Tea Act (free of tax) • Dec. 1773 Boston Tea Party • 1774 PASSES INTOLERABLE ACTS

  12. “AMERICANS” REACT • GEN. GAGE declares MARTIAL LAW in Boston • 1ST (SEPT/1774) CONTINENTAL CONGRESS • APRIL 19, 1775 • LEXINGTON & CONCORDE “shot heard ‘round the WORLD”

  13. “ FIRST BLOODSHED “

  14. “ FIRST BLOODSHED “ *Siege of Boston* ____________________ 2nd Continental Congress

  15. Military Actions Peace Actions 2nd Continental Congress * Siege of BOSTON * Ft. Ticonderoga * Bunker Hill * Peace Delegations * Olive Branch Petition Declaration of Independence

  16. Siege of Boston 20,000 Troops Fort Ticonderoga Ethan Allen & Green Mtn. Boys Cannons for the Siege Burgoyne, Clinton & Howe Battle of Bunker Hill Breed’s Hill After Lexington & Concord

  17. Fort Ticonderoga Thomas Paine Declaration of Independence Battle of Bunker Hill

  18. Ch. 4 - 2 "Ideas Influence Independence" * SQR-3 Reading NotesChapter 4 - 2 IDEAS INFLUENCE INDEPENDENCE and the Last Events Leading to Revolution * The Declaration of Independence (pg. 109)

  19. IDEAS that INFLUENCE DECLARING INDEPENDENCE 1215 Magna Carta - “Limits Power of the KING” 1689 English Bill of Rights Age of Enlightenment IDEAS GROW-SPREAD

  20. New Ideas Spread • John Locke Natural Rights (1689) • GOD gave people rights (pyramid) • Iiteracy - America vs. Europe (protestant) • What made the Am. colonies different? • 1- English History • Magna Carta (limited the power of the King) • Charter (Salutary Neglect) “Self-Rule” • 2- Puritans (beliefs & traditions) • Religion & Education People (God) The King (to serve) King (God) The people (to serve)

  21. Education Expands (Great Awakening) • Harvard, William & Mary, Yale, Princeton, Columbia, Penn., Brown, Rutgers (Ivy League) • Written Word • Almanacs • Newspapers • Pamphlets • John Peter Zenger Trial - Precedent • (Freedom of Press) 1734

  22. Ideas Behind the Revolution • Thomas Paine “Common Sense” • 500,000 copies (47 page pamphlet) • Declaration of Independence

  23. Treatment of War Prisoners v. Traitors Military confidence from Early Incidents Lexington/Concord Siege of Boston Ft. Ticonderoga Bunker Hill Colonists Angry British use of “mercenaries” John Locke, Thomas Pains & others Ideas Common Sense Financial Advantages Trade/Commerce American Destiny “Better Society” Reasons EncourageDeclaration of Independence

  24. May 1776 2nd Continental Congress • Richard Henry Lee - “ These United Colonies are, and of a right ought to be, free and independent states” • John Adams(Ma) • Thomas Jefferson(Va) • Benjamin Franklin(Pn) • Robert Livingston(NY) Roger Sherman(C) • “SLAVERY PARAGRAPH” • Abigail Adams ( women’s rights )

  25. Basic Ideas of the“Declaration of Independence” • 1. Introduction • 2. Democratic Philosophy of Govern • 3. List of Grievances w/ England • 4. Conclusion

  26. 1. Introduction • -”decided to dissolve the political bonds which have connected them with England & to declare Independence” • declare to the world the reasons they are seperating from Britian”

  27. “All men are created equal, endowed by their creator with certain inalienable rights” GOD gave us rights “To secure these rights, gov’t is constituted & derive their powers from the consent of the governed” Gov’t must protect those rights “Whenever gov’t does not follow it’s social contract, people have the right to abolish it People have the right to change the government if it doesn’t protect those rights 2. Democratic Philosophy

  28. Basic Ideas of the“Declaration of Independ.” • 1. Introduction • 2. Democratic Philosophy of Govern • 3. List of Grievances w/ England • LONG LIST of wrongs from the KING • Excuse WHY we are declaring Independence • 4. Conclusion

  29. + NAVY (LARGE) FACTORIES ENGINEERS NONCOMMISSION OFFICERS CENTRAL GOV’T WEALTH SUPPORT at Home - SHORT TROOPS (MERCENARIES) -Hessians 3,000 M ILES UNFAMILIAR GROUND SMOOTHBORE WEAPONS BRITISH

  30. + Idealistic “Cause” Familiar Ground Warfare Tactics Rifles Foreign Support - NO Navy NO Organized Military NO Central Gov’t NO Finances AMERICANS

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