Santiago Christian School The Road to Revolution: (1770-1776) By: Mr. Mark Gonzalez Santiago Christian School

Was the American Revolution Inevitable??

George Grenville’s Program, 1763-1765 (to help pay for war and maintain British army) 1. Sugar Act – 1764-to discourage smuggling 2. Currency Act - 1764 3. Quartering Act - 1765 4. Stamp Act – 1765-the one that most angered the colonists b/c it taxed things produced and consumed in the colonies

Stamp Act Crisis Loyal Nine - 1765 Sons of Liberty – began in NYC: Sam Adams to boycott British products Stamp Act Congress – 1765 * success- Stamp Act canceled Declaratory Act – 1766 Parliament-supreme over colonies>>> ignored by Colonists

Townshend Acts Crisis: 1767-1770 1767  William Pitt, P. M. & Charles Townshend, Secretary of the Exchequer (treasury) Shift from paying taxes for war debts & quartering of troops  paying colonial govt. salaries. Colonists Protested-no taxation w/o representation in Parliament Tax these imports  paper, paint, lead, glass, tea. Increase tax collectors at American ports  established a Board of Customs in Boston.

Colonial Response to the Townshend Acts 1. Colonists Refused to Import British goods (boycotts) 2. Riots against customs agents: * John Hancock’s ship, the Liberty. * 4000 British troops sent to Boston where violence and protests had been the worst

many colonists began calling people who joined the non-importation For the first time, many colonists began calling people who joined the non-importation movement, "patriots!"

Tar and Feathering of the tax man

The Boston Massacre (March 5,1770) Boston citizens not happy with the presence of British troops in Boston Some agitators were upset because they were afraid of British cruelty However, most colonists did not want them there b/c they would be forced to pay more taxes for the troops’ presence 5 colonists killed when British troops opened fire b/c they felt threatened by crowd All soldiers were found not guilty of murder

The death of Crispus Attucks-black abolitionist at the Boston Massacre It is at this event that John Adams remarked that the foundations of American independence had been laid

The Gaspee Incident (1772) Providence, RI coast a significant event in the lead-up to the American Revolution. HMS Gaspée, a British revenue ship that had been enforcing unpopular trade regulations, ran aground in shallow water on June 9, 1772, near what is now known as Gaspee Point in the city of Warwick, Rhode Island, while chasing the packet boat Hannah. In a notorious act of defiance, American patriots led by Abraham Whipple and John Brown, attacked, boarded, looted, and torched the ship Providence, RI coast

Tea Act (1773) British East India Co.: Monopoly on British. tea imports. Permitted the Co. to sell tea directly to cols. without col. middlemen (cheaper tea!) North expected the colonials. to eagerly choose the cheaper tea.

Boston Tea Party (1773) Break for video

First Continental Congress (Philadelphia 1774) 55 delegates from 12 colonies Agenda  How to respond to all the acts 1 vote per colony represented.

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

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

Olive Branch Petition-drafted by John Dickenson of Delaware The Second Continental Congress (1775) Olive Branch Petition-drafted by John Dickenson of Delaware Tried to find a way to work out a solution between colonists and British Government

Was the American Revolution Inevitable??

Thomas Paine: Common Sense In it, Paine argued that "common sense" showed that Americans owed direct allegiance neither to the king of Great Britain nor to any other monarchy. He urged Americans to seek a complete break from England and called for the establishment of an American republic. In fact, Common Sense sold a half million copies in six months. Did much to influence independence The most effective piece of propaganda for the colonial cause

Declaration of Independence (July 4, 1776)

Declaration of Independence

Independence Hall-Philadelphia, PA

New National Symbols