Ch. 6: The Road to Revolution 1763-1776

6.1 Tighter British Control “Poor Old England Endeavoring to Reclaim his Wicked Children” 6.1 Tighter British Control

After French and Indian no more salutary neglect !

Britain in debt !!

Proclamation of 1763

That’s not fair! We fought for that land!! Proclamation Line of 1763 That’s not fair! We fought for that land!!

To enforce, King George III sends Redcoats Proclamation Line of 1763

This is a violation of my rights! Nice place you have here! Quartering Act – colonists had to house & supply Redcoats This is a violation of my rights! Nice place you have here!

Britain needs $$ … felt colonies should help - mercantilism!! Sugar Act taxes sugar and other imports first direct tax by Parliament Tax No Say, No Pay! NO TAXATION WITHOUT REPRESENTION!

All paper had to have official stamp Stamp Act ….. All paper had to have official stamp

NO TAXATION WITHOUT REPRESENTION! NO SAY, NO PAY!!

The Stamp Act is protested

Stamp Act Congress formed First time colonies united to protest

No taxation without representation!! send petition to King G3 say ONLY colonial assemblies should tax them No taxation without representation!!

boycotts of British goods

“Sons of Liberty” protests

Burned the stamped paper

attacked tax collectors

“If this be treason, make the most of it!” When a fellow member of the House of Burgesses suggested resistance was treason, Patrick Henry exclaimed… “If this be treason, make the most of it!” What did he mean?

Boycotts worked…. British lost $$$... Stamp Act repealed Parliament, you’ve got to do something ….these boycotts are killing us!!

Declaratory Act We ARE the boss of you!! Whatever!

COLONIST V. BRITISH

Britain still needs $$$

Townshend Acts - taxes imports

That violates my natural rights!! Redcoats given writs of assistance unlimited search warrants That violates my natural rights!! You have to let me in your house to look for smuggled goods…I have a writ of assistance!

Son’s of Liberty meeting tonight… Be there or be square! Samuel Adams leader of Son’s of Liberty organizes protests. Son’s of Liberty meeting tonight… Be there or be square!

Boycotts are back !!

leaders call for peaceful protest but….. riots often broke out Unhappy Boston! see thy Sons deplore Thy hallow'd walks besmear'd with guiltless gore While faithless Preston and his savage bands With murd'rous rancour stretch their bloody hands Like fierce barbarians grinning o'er their prey Approve the carnage and enjoy the day. leaders call for peaceful protest but….. riots often broke out Including the “Boston Massacre”

Used as anti-British propaganda!! Engraving done by Paul Revere The truth, the whole truth and nothing but the truth? Used as anti-British propaganda!!

“Boston Massacre” by Alonzo Chappell - 1868

Revere’s 1775 Chappell’s 1868

Remember, we ARE the boss of you!! Townshend Acts repealed (thanks to boycotts!!) Tax left on tea Townshend Acts Tea Tax Remember, we ARE the boss of you!!

Samuel Adams - committees of correspondence exchanged letters on colonial affairs

NO TAXATION WITHOUT REPRESENTION! Tea Act – tax on tea…but made the tea cheaper Colonist STILL mad! NO TAXATION WITHOUT REPRESENTION! NO SAY, NO PAY!!

Protests !! “Boston Tea Party” Son’s of Liberty dressed as Natives and dumped tea into Boston harbor

colonial reaction mixed good way to get Parliament’s attention destroying property wasn’t right

British reaction to the Tea Party would only make things worse for the colonists…

6.3 The Road to Lexington and Concord Stand Your Ground Don Troiani

“We must master them or totally leave them to themselves…” After “Tea Party”, British were outraged!! King G3 said….. “We must master them or totally leave them to themselves…”

Master!!

Coercive Acts Intolerable Acts New laws to punish colonists Colonists called them:: British called them:: Coercive Acts Intolerable Acts

force, intimidate, bully What does coerce mean? force, intimidate, bully

unbearable, unendurable intolerable? unbearable, unendurable

these acts specifically targeted Boston ..

closed their port until tea was paid for

banned the Committees of Correspondence

British stand trial in England Not Guilty!

Colonies joined together to help Boston

Has anyone heard from Georgia? 1st Continental Congress to plan protests Has anyone heard from Georgia?

banned ALL trade with Britain

began to train troops

Prepared to fight - think British will back down

Patrick Henry, however, expects war!! -- “…give me liberty or give me death!”

Spies were busy on both sides!!

British learned Samuel Adams and John Hancock were in Lexington ..

they also learned that colonists were storing guns & ammo at Concord ..

British goals : arrest Adams & Hancock at Lexington to destroy ammunition at Concord

The British are coming! Son’s of Liberty were ready!! Riders warned minutemen …. Paul Revere William Dawes Samuel Prescott The British are coming!

“Listen, my children and you shall hear, Of the midnight ride of Paul Revere….”

are first battles of the Lexington and Concord are first battles of the American Revolution

British were surprised ! They retreated!! who fired first? no one knows!

By the rude bridge that arched the flood, Their flag to April's breeze unfurled; Here once the embattled farmers stood; And fired the shot heard ‘round the world. -Ralph Waldo Emmerson

Yeah! That was the sound of change! Why did Emerson write it was the “shot heard ‘round the world”? The shot began a war that would change the course of world history Yeah! That was the sound of change! Did you hear that?