2. The Gaspee Incident (1772) Providence, RI coast

3. Committees of Correspondence Purpose  warn neighboring colonies about incidents with Br.  broaden the resistance movement.

4. Tea Act (1773) British East India Co.:  Monopoly on Br. tea imports.  Many members of Parl. held shares.  Permitted the Co. to sell tea directly to cols. without col. middlemen (cheaper tea!) North expected the cols. to eagerly choose the cheaper tea.

5. Boston Tea Party (1773)

6. Chestertown Tea Party

7. The Coercive or Intolerable Acts (1774) Lord North 1. Port Bill 2. Government Act 4. Administration of Justice Act 3. New Quartering Act

8. Intolerable Acts Coercive (Intolerable) Acts –Closed Boston Harbor –Eliminated self-gov’t in Mass –Quartering of troops in Mass –British accused tried elsewhere

9. First Continental Congress (1774) 55 delegates from 12 colonies Agenda  How to respond to the Intolerable Acts? 1 vote per colony represented.

10. Conflict at Lexington and Concord British General Gage learns of hidden weapons in Concord Two lanterns hung in church tower to warn the British coming by “sea” (Charles River) Paul Revere and William Dawes make midnight ride to warn Minutemen of approaching British soldiers

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

12. The Shot Heard ’Round the World! Lexington & Concord – April 18,1775

13. The Second Continental Congress (1775) Olive Branch Petition

14. The Olive Branch Petition, drafted on July 5th, 1775, was a letter to King George III, who received it on July 8th, 1775 from members of the Second Continental Congress who — for the final time —appealed to their king to redress colonial grievances in order to avoid more bloodshed.George IIISecond Continental Congress

15. Olive Branch Petition Even though the King discarded the petition it still served a very important purpose in American independence. The Olive Branch Petition actually served as a turning point in the American Independence movement. After the King rejected the “olive branch” it polarized the issue in the minds of colonists. It showed them that they could either submit unconditionally or gain complete independence.

16. Second Continental Congress Representatives brought money to help establish… the Continental Army (i.e. pay soldiers, buy guns, bullets, food, and uniforms

17. Thomas Paine: Common Sense

18. independence : (n) the freedom to govern on one’s own. declaration : (n) an official statement

19. Declaration of Independence (1776)

20. Who was involved? Benjamin Franklin John Adams Robert R. Livingston Roger Sherman Thomas Jefferson

21. Declaration of Independence

22. Where did it all take place? This is a replica of the Graff house where Jefferson wrote the majority of the 1 st draft of the Declaration of Independence. The original building (at this location) was destroyed in 1888.

23. Independence Hall

24. What did it look like? Who wrote the first draft?

25. Who signed it first?

26. New National Symbols