The Road to Revolution

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The Road to Revolution (1770-1776)
By Ms. Susan M. Pojer Horace Greeley HS
Chappaqua, NY
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After the Seven Years War
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British ? Proclamation Line of 1763.
Colonials ? Paxton Boys (PA)WHO WERE THEY?
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George Grenvilles Program, 1763-1765
1. Sugar Act - 1764
2. Currency Act - 1764
3. Quartering Act - 1765
4. Stamp Act - 1765
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Stamp Act Crisis
Loyal Nine - 1765
Sons of Liberty began in NYCSamuel Adams
Stamp Act Congress 1765
Declaratory Act 1766(Parliament - We own you
and can do whatever we want, when we want)
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Townshend Acts/Duties Crisis 1767-1770
IntentRaise revenueTighten customs Assert
imperial authority
Purposeprovide salaries to colonial officials
so colonists cant control them
Taxed-paper,paint,lead,glass,tea
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Colonial Response to the Townshend Acts
1768 ? 2nd Nonimportation movement Daughters
of Liberty spinning bees
Riots against customs agents John Hancocks
ship, the Liberty seized by customs agents
charged with smuggling (defended by John Adams)
4000 British troops sent to Boston
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For the first time, many colonists began calling
people who joined the non-importation movement,
"patriots!"
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Was the American Revolution Inevitable??
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Tar and Feathering
No taxation without representation!
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The Boston Massacre (March 5,1770)
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The Gaspee Incident (1772)
Providence, RI coast
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Committees of Correspondence
Founder Samuel Adams Function Spread spirit of
resistance Communicate w/ other
colonies Future 1st American congresses
(First Continental Congress)
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Tea Act (1773)

• British East India Company
• Going bankrupt would hurt British govt. tax
  revenue
• Given monopoly on American tea cheaper price
• Colonists see as trick to like tax
• British decide to enforce stupid
• Colonists say no ships returned undelivered
• BOSTON TEA PARTY

• PRINCIPLE MOREIMPORTANT THAN PRICE TO COLONISTS

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Coercive or Intolerable Acts (1774)
(In response to Boston Tea Party) to chastise
MAthe massacre of American Liberty
1. Boston Port Closed until damages paid
2. Government MA Council not elected by assembly
Restrictions on town meetings
3. Quartering (new) Had to keep soliders in
homes
Lord North(Kings yes man)
4. Admin of JusticeBrit. official capital crime
sent to Britain trial (get off scot free)
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The Quebec Act (1774)Good law for French
Canadians Bad timing in America
Colonists HATE it
NO REPRESENTATIONUnrepresentative assemblies
Denials of jury trialsLAND GIVEN FREEDOM OF
RELIGIONCatholic
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First Continental Congress (1774)
How to respond to the Coercive Acts the Quebec
Act?
Not legislative consultativeConvention more
than CongressWrote Declaration of
RightsAppeals to people, king and
BritishCreated The AssociationBOYCOTT OF ALL
BRITISH GOODS
1 vote per colony
55 delegates from 12 colonies
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Boston Tea Party (1775)
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The Shot Heard Round the World!
Lexington Concord April 18,1775
Lexington British kill 8 Americans and hurt
someConcord Colonists guerilla fighting push
British to Boston
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The Second Continental Congress(1775)
Olive Branch Petition (Still trying to make peace)