The Road to Revolution

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Road to the American Revolution 1754-1783
Prof. Ruthie García Vera U S History
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The French and Indian War
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Albany Plan of Union
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Proclamation of 1763
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Sugar Act taxes on imports of molasses and raw
sugar (and silk, wine, coffee, pimento and
indigo). (American Revenue Act of 1764)Currency
Act prohibited American colonist from issuing
their own currency.Stamp Act required stamps
to be purchased and placed on newspapers,
almanacs, pamphlets, legal documents, and playing
cards.Townshend Act taxes on glass, lead,
candles, paint, paper, and tea.
No Taxation Without Representation
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Tar and Feathering
American patriots used it to wage a war of
intimidation against British tax collectors.
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Writs of Assistance
An act against the Constitution is void an act
against natural equity is void. Taxation without
representation is tyranny. James Otis,
Arguments Against the Writs of Assistance, 1761
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The Boston Massacre (March 5,1770)
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The Gaspee Affair (1772)
Providence, Rhode Island coast
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Virginia House of Burgueses and Thomas
Jefferson Purpose ? warn neighboring colonies
about incidents with Britain. ? unified
the colonies and shaped public
opinion. ? broaden the resistance
movement.
Committees of Correspondence
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• British East India Company
• Monopoly on Englishtea imports.
• Many members of EnglishParliament held shares.
• Permitted the Company to sell tea directly to
  thecolonies without colonial middlemen
  (cheaper tea!)
• Lord North expected the coloniesto choose the
  cheaper tea.

Tea Act (1773)
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Boston Tea Party (1773)
George Hewes, Samuel Adams and John Hancock took
part in the raid.
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• Boston Port Act
• Massachusetts Government Act
• New Quartering Act
• Administration of Justice Act

Lord North, prime minister of England
The Coercive or Intolerable Acts (1774)
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The Quebec Act (1774)
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First Continental Congress (1774)
Agenda ? How to respond to the Coercive Acts
the Quebec Act?
55 delegates from 12 colonies attended.
1 vote per colony represented.
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• The Suffolk Resolves
• Declaration of Rights and Grievances
• The Massachusetts Provincial Congress the
  minutemen militia

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The British Are Coming . . .
Paul Revere William Dawes make their midnight
ride to warn the Minutemen of approaching British
soldiers.
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The Shot Heard Round the World!
Lexington Concord April 18,1775
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The Second Continental Congress(1775)
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Continental Army George Washington Battle of
Bunker Hill
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Was the American Revolution Inevitable?
Loyalists (Tories) vs Patriots (Whigs)
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Thomas Paines Common Sense
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The Olive Branch PetitionJohn Dickinson
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Declaration of Independence (1776)
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Preamble Explains why the Continental Congress
drew up the Declaration. Natural Rights Declared
the rights of people to life, liberty and
property. List of Grievances Colonies complaints
against the English and King George
III. Resolution of Independence Declares the
colonies free and independent states.
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Signers of the Declaration
Most members of the Congress signed the document
on August 2, 1776
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The colonies had become the United States
of America
The American Revolution had begun.