1. TALKIN ABOUT A REVOLUTION Sounds like a whisper!!!! Long before the Shot Heard Around the World the Revolution Was in the Hearts and minds of the colonists.

2. Age of Exploration European Influence Spread to Western Hemisphere. Disease wipes out Native Americans. No gold, but good land= plantations  slavery Reformation leads to new denominations that emerge. People look for new places to worship as they wish.

3. All the water in the rough rude sea cannot wash the balm from an anointed king! But steps in growth of representative democracy= Mayflower Compact, Town Meetings, House of Burgesses

4. CONFLICTS IN THE COLONIES Whites v Blacks= Stono Revolt with Jemmy Whites v Native Americans– since 1492- Rich v Poor= Bacon’s Rebellion Puritans v Quakers Men v. Women Puritans v Dissidents Old Lights v New Lights= Great Awakening Press v. Government= Peter Zenger Trial

5. TRADE AND ECONOMICS IN THE COLONIES … Mercantilism limits the economic independence of the colonists. Salutary Neglect promotes economic independence of the colonists. French and Indian War leaves England bankrupt. Proclamation Line 0f 1763 angers colonists. ENGLAND STARTS TO TAX THE COLONISTS THE COLONISTS RESIST “SLAVERY” (taxation)

6. COLONIAL REACTIONS Petition------ Stamp Act Congress =no taxation without representation Boycott----- Sons of Liberty Violence--- Boston Tea Party Propaganda– Thomas Paine’s persuasive pamphlet

7. Colonial Responses to British Mercantile Policies Committees of Correspondence Nonimportation Agreements Boston Tea Party First Continental Congress Olive Branch Proposal Colonies form militias due to Quartering Act

8. HORROR OF WAR Boston Massacre My Lai Massacre Civilian Casualties

9. LENGTH OF WAR AMERICAN REVOLUTION 1775- 1781 Vietnam 1960- 1975 Iraq, Afghanistan 2001- Guerrilla tactics used Morale of soldiers decline as war drags on Maintaining and being– if the underdog can drag out the battle, he increases his chances of winning.

10. LONG SUPPLY LINES Great Britain to North America USA to Vietnam USA to Iraq and Afghanistan

11. LACK OF CLEAR OBJECTIVE Capture George Washington??? Capture Ho Chih Minh??? Capture Osama Bin Laden ????

12. LONG SUPPLY LINES Great Britain to North America USA to Vietnam USA to Iraq and Afghanistan These great distances help the underdog!

13. CHRONOLOGY OF AMERICAN REVOLUTIONARY WAR 1775 Lexington 1776 The Declaration of Independence BATTLE OF WASHINGTON HEIGHTS Washington’s Escape to Valley Forge 1777 Saratoga 1781 Yorktown

14. THE DECLARATION OF INDEPENDENCE A rational appeal designed to get the support of others. Uses John Locke’s idea “Government must protect natural rights.” This is a concept from the Enlightenment Philosophers! “People can alter or abolish a government.” “Government is derived from the governed.”

15. NEW WAYS OF THINKING Thomas Paine– Common Sense– His pamphlet convinces colonists who were undecided about breaking away from England Great Awakening creates a spirit of separatism and secession My Theses on Bacon are opinions stated as facts. He is a hero!! He is a vigilante! He is a villain

16. MASH 323 Doctor Benjamin Lay Doctor Jemmy taxation without representation is _________ E STATE WITH biggest pop., most Congressmen, and most electoral votes