The Road To Revolution 1763-1775 The Albany Plan Seven Years War/French and Indian War Great Britain Dominant Power Colonial View British View
Proclamation of 1763 New Vision of Destiny –Colonist British Stage set for conflict
Victory In The Seven Years War Differing Views Troops Trade-Mercantile System/Navigation Acts Emerging sense of Political Identity
Roots of Resistance Old World v. New World in Gov’t/Political thinking. Nationalism Classical Republicanism Radical Whigs
Friction!!! Stamp Tax----PM George Grenville Sugar Act 1764 Quartering Act 1765 Taxation w/o representation—”virtual representation
Repeal Repeal of the Stamp Act The Stamp Act Congress----Sons of Liberty Declaratory Act 1766 Townshed Act 1767 REVOLT -Quartering Act & Non-Compliance March 5 1770 Crispus Attucks BOSTON MASSACRE
REACTION King George III Lord North Committees of Correspondence Tea Brewing! Boston Tea Party Intolerable Acts 1774 More Insult----Quebec Act
Continental Congress First Continental Congress Sept 5-Oct. 26 1774 Declaration of Rights 1775 Meet again??????
The Shot Heard ‘Round the World Lexington Concord Minutemen Hessians
Americans/Colonist at War Advantages Disadvantages THE Second Continental Congress George Washington Fort Ticonderoga/Crown Point Bunker Hill King declares “Colonies in open rebellion”
Politics Thomas Paine “Common Sense” Paine and Republicanism Richard Henry Lee Thomas Jefferson Declaration of Independence Patriots---Whigs Loyalist---Tories Typical Patriots