Riot to Rebellion
The colonies in 1763
Hostilities in the colonies The problem with the Redcoats Working classes and competition The role of alcohol The Boston Massacre (March 5, 1770) British Captain Thomas Prescott “Liberty boys” Paul Revere Samuel Adams John Adams Crispus Attucks The Trial of the Century… Internal disputes The Regulators
Take Five
Crispus Attucks
Paul Revere
Samuel Adams
John Adams
The March toward War Leaders of the rebellion James Otis Writs of assistance Patrick Henry “Give me liberty or give me death” Samuel Adams
Patrick Henry
The Tea Act of 1773 The Gaspee incident (1772) East India Co. Mercy Otis Warren “The Daughters of Liberty” Boston Tea Party (Dec. 16, 1773) Thomas Hutchinson
The Intolerable Acts Closing Boston ports A new governor and new policy A new government Quartering Act of 1774 Quebec Act of 1774
Turning toward revolution Committees of Correspondence Continental Congress Philadelphia The delegates The Suffolk Resolves Loyalty to the King Raising an army (the militia) “Minutemen”
The Midnight Ride
Paul Revere
First Blows Lexington and Concord Paul Revere, William Dawes & Samuel Prescott Sniping British retreat Another intolerable act Restriction of the Grand Banks
First Blows (con’t) Battle of Bunker Hill (Breed’s Hill) General Howe British victory Fort Ticonderoga Green mountain boys Ethan Allen
Benedict Arnold
General Sir William Howe
Battle of Fort Ticonderoga
Second Continental Congress Finding a General George Washington “Declaration of the Cause & Necessity of Taking Up Arms” Common Sense Thomas Paine
The Constitutional Convention
General George Washington
Voting for Independence The Declaration of Independence The Committee Thomas Jefferson, Roger Sherman, John Adams, Robert Livingston, Benjamin Franklin The issue of slavery Signing the declaration of independence John Hancock Increasing risk
What kind of men were the signers? 24 were lawyers and judges 11 were merchants 9 were farmers & large plantation owners All were well educated
Who said Freedom was Free? What happened to the 56 men who signed the Declaration of Independence? 5 were captured by the British as traitors and tortured before they died 12 had their homes ransacked and burned 2 lost their sons during the war 2 had their sons captured during the war 9 fought and died in the war