Today’s Target: Section 6.3 p. 169 Describe how tensions between Britain & the colonies led to the outbreak of the Revolutionary War

The Intolerable Acts Closes the port of Boston Replaces the elected council with one appointed by the king Intended to punish Massachusetts & stop colonial resistance p. 169 Allows British to house troops in private homes

The Intolerable Acts Closes the port of Boston Replaces the elected council with one appointed by the king Intended to punish Massachusetts & stop colonial resistance p. 169 Allows British to house troops in private homes

The Intolerable Acts Closes the port of Boston 1. Bans town meetings 2. Protects British officials from the law Replaces the elected council with one appointed by the king Intended to punish Massachusetts & stop colonial resistance p. 169 Allows British to house troops in private homes Add *First Continental Congress meets to discuss colonial response

The Coercive or Intolerable Acts (1774 ) Prime Minister Lord North 1. Closed Boston Harbor 2. Banned town meetings 4. British officials accused of crimes stand trial in Britain 3. House British troops wherever necessary

First Continental Congress (1774) 55 delegates from the colonies Agenda  How to respond to the Coercive Acts & other developments

First Continental Congress (1774) Voted to: 1.Ban trade with Britain until: Repeal Intolerable Acts & withdrawal of troops 2. Train troops

Minutemen – colonial troops prepared to fight at a “minute’s notice”

The Revolution begins Samuel Adams builds a spy network to watch the British 3. The British are forced to retreat from Lexington & Concord back to Boston Paul Revere arranges a system of signals Starts as an armed rebellion in the Massachusetts country- side p

The Revolution begins Samuel Adams builds a spy network to watch the British 3. The Sons of Liberty arrange for Paul Revere to warn the Patriots The British are forced to retreat from Lexington & Concord back to Boston Paul Revere arranges a system of signals Starts as an armed rebellion in the Massachusetts country- side p ,000 militia and Minutemen arrive at Lexington & Concord

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

The British Are Coming... The British objectives: 1. Capture Samuel Adams & John Hancock 2. Destroy American supplies

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

The Battles of Lexington and Concord Signals the start of the American Revolution!

The Battles of Lexington and Concord The Shot Heard ’Round the World!

PkTdgw24 America, The Story of Us ~21:oo min

Today’s Target: Section 6.4 p. 177 Explain why Americans decided to declare their independence from Britain

Thomas Paine: Common Sense

Primary Source Reading: “Everything that is right or natural pleads for separation. The blood of the slain, the weeping voice of nature cries, “ ‘Tis time to part.” Even the distance at which the Almighty had placed England and America is a strong and natural proof that the authority of the one over the other was never the design of heaven.” - Thomas Paine, excerpt from Common Sense What reasons does Paine state the colonies must break with Britain? Who might this pamphlet appeal to?

Read excerpt from Thomas Paines’ Common Sense and textbook description p. 180: 1. What reasons does he state the colonies must break from Britain? its unnatural to stay connected – politically, economically, geographically. 2. Who might this pamphlet appeal to? (the neutral 1/3, the masses, the common people) 3. What are its main points? (all monarchies are corrupt, all men should be able to vote, there are economic benefits to being free of Britain.)

Declaration of Independence Purpose Ideas About Rights Why do Governments exist? Complaints Against King George III (list 2 main complaints) Influenced by the Enlightenment (how?) (Thomas Jefferson) p. 184

Declaration of Independence Purpose To explain to the world the reasons for separating * from Britain Ideas About Rights 1. Life, Liberty, and the Pursuit of happiness * are 2. rights that can’t be taken away. People have the 3. right to overthrow * a government that destroys these rights Why do governments exist? Governments are set up to * protect peoples’ basic rights. * * People are the government’s Source of power Complaints Against King George III 1. taxation without representation 2. Loss of representative government *, quartering of troops without consent, denial of citizenship to recent immigrants, bans on trade with other countries Influenced by the Enlightenment (how?) (Thomas Jefferson) p. 184

Independence Hall

Signers of the Declaration of Independence

Today’s Target Q: List one reason American’s declared their independence from Britain & give an example Read, “The Continental Army Is Formed”, p things stand out: 1.Patriots use geography to their advantage throughout the war 2. Daring/risk taking plans by the Patriots 3. Second Continental Congress

The Second Continental Congress (1775) Outcomes: 1.Choose George Washington as military commander

The Second Continental Congress (1775) 2. Authorized printing of money 3. Drafted the Olive Branch Petition

The Second Continental Congress (1775) King George rejects the petition and announces new measures to punish the colonies.

“America, The Story of Us: Rebels” ~ 26:00 – 45:00

Primary Source Reading: “Everything that is right or natural pleads for separation. The blood of the slain, the weeping voice of nature cries, “ ‘Tis time to part.” Even the distance at which the Almighty had placed England and America is a strong and natural proof that the authority of the one over the other was never the design of heaven.” - Thomas Paine, excerpt from Common Sense 1.Why did Paine write this? 1.What reasons does Paine list why America should separate from England?

Primary Source Reading: “Everything that is right or natural pleads for separation. The blood of the slain, the weeping voice of nature cries, “ ‘Tis time to part.” Even the distance at which the Almighty had placed England and America is a strong and natural proof that the authority of the one over the other was never the design of heaven.” - Thomas Paine, excerpt from Common Sense 1.Why did Paine write this? To express the reasons why America should separate from England 2. What reasons does Paine list why America should separate from England? Reason and logic of the people should be clear that they should separate: 1)the victims of violence & the weeping voice of nature cries (its not natural to stay politically connected), 2)the distance between the two areas, 3) it violates God’s plan to have one country over another.