The Road to Revolution APUSH Mr. Cullivan

First Continental Congress Sept-Oct 1774 Delegates Suffolk Resolve Declaration of Rights and Grievances

Fighting Begins Lexington and Concord (April 19,1775) Minutemen

Compare and Contrast The next slide will have two different pictures of the battle. Determine which is the more historically accurate and be ready to explain why.

Amos Doolittle, 1775 Terrence Blachaux, 1859

Fighting Continues Bunker Hill (June 17, 1775) Montgomery and Arnold

Taking Sides in the Revolution British Loyalist Flag British Supporters British Office Holders Lawyers w/British clients Anglican Ministers Native Americans Slaves Recent British Immigrants Colonial Supporters Planters Laborers “Americans” Minority Revolution Add percentages 25%- British Patriots 35%

Common Sense Emotion 2nd Continental Congress Declaration of the Causes and Necessities for Taking up Arms Olive Branch Petition Response: Prohibitory Act Declaration of Independence “Are your wife and children destitute (deprived) of a bed to lie on, or bread to live on? Have you lost a parent or a child by their hands, and yourself the ruined and wretched survivor?” Show the scene from the Patriot where Mel Gibson’s son dies “Are your wife and children destitute (deprived) of a bed to lie on, or bread to live on? Have you lost a parent or a child by their hands, and yourself the ruined and wretched survivor? … if you have, and can still shake hands with the murderers, then are you unworthy the name of husband, father, friend, or lover and whatever be your rank or title in life, you have the heart of a coward…”

Revolutionary War 1775-1783 Long and a bitter struggle. As Americans fought they also forged a new national identity, as the former colonies became the new United States.

Global Impact The American Revolution and the ideals set forth in the Declaration of Independence had reverberations in France, Haiti, and Latin America, inspiring future rebellions. Do the Reading after this slide