1. The Road to Revolution
APUSH
Mr. Cullivan

2. First Continental Congress Sept-Oct 1774
Delegates
Suffolk Resolve
Declaration of Rights and Grievances

3. Fighting Begins
Lexington and Concord (April 19,1775)
Minutemen

4. Compare and Contrast
The next slide will have two different pictures of the battle.
Determine which is the more historically accurate and be ready to explain why.

5. Amos Doolittle, 1775
Terrence Blachaux, 1859

6. Fighting Continues
Bunker Hill (June 17, 1775)
Montgomery and Arnold

7. Taking Sides in the Revolution
British Loyalist Flag
British Supporters
British Office Holders
Lawyers w/British clients
Anglican Ministers
Native Americans
Slaves
Recent British Immigrants
Colonial Supporters
Planters
Laborers
“Americans”
Minority Revolution
Add percentages
25%- British
Patriots 35%

8. Common Sense Emotion 2nd Continental Congress
Declaration of the Causes and Necessities for Taking up Arms
Olive Branch Petition
Response: Prohibitory Act
Declaration of Independence
“Are your wife and children destitute (deprived) of a bed to lie on, or bread to live on? Have you lost a parent or a child by their hands, and yourself the ruined and wretched survivor?”
Show the scene from the Patriot where Mel Gibson’s son dies
“Are your wife and children destitute (deprived) of a bed to lie on, or bread to live on? Have you lost a parent or a child by their hands, and yourself the ruined and wretched survivor? … if you have, and can still shake hands with the murderers, then are you unworthy the name of husband, father, friend, or lover and whatever be your rank or title in life, you have the heart of a coward…”

9. Revolutionary War 1775-1783 Long and a bitter struggle.
As Americans fought they also forged a new national identity, as the former colonies became the new United States.

10. Global Impact
The American Revolution and the ideals set forth in the Declaration of Independence had reverberations in France, Haiti, and Latin America, inspiring future rebellions.
Do the Reading after this slide