1. Revolution

2. Revolution - Taxation & Control
Quartering Act, 1765
Stamp Act Congress, 1765
Declaratory Act, 1766
Townshend Acts, 1767

3. Boston Massacre, 1770 March 5, 1770 5 killed Crispus Attucks
British soldiers defended by John Adams
Two soldiers convicted of manslaughter
Seven soldiers found not guilty

4. Boston Tea Party, December 16, 1773

5. Revolution - Taxation & Control
Coercive/Intolerable Acts, 1774
Quebec Act, 1774

6. Revolution – Coninental Congress
Philadelphia, 1774
Representatives from 12 colonies
Georgia not represented
Urged withholding of taxes
Preparation for war
Ended trade with Britain
Encouraged domestic
manufacturing

7. Revolution- First Continental Congress
“The distinctions between Virginians, Pennsylvanians, New Yorkers and New Englanders are no more. I am not a Virginian but an American.” - Patrick Henry

8. Revolution – Battle of Lexington and Concord
“the shot heard ‘round the world”
- Ralph Waldo Emerson
April 19, 1775

9. Revolution - Second Continental Congress
May 10, 1775
Authorized printing of money
George Washington, commander of Army

10. Revolution - Battle of Bunker Hill
June 17, 1775
High British casualties
Militiamen from throughout the colonies
Olive Branch Petition
Declaration of the Causes and Necessity of Taking up Arms
“Our cause is just”
“Our union is perfect”
John Dickinson

11. Revolution - Underlying causes
Property ownership
Belief in self-elected government
Lack of aristocracy
Diversity of religion
Republicanism

12. Revolution - Ideological underpinnings
Common Sense, by Thomas Paine, 1776
Critical of hereditary rule and the Monarchy
Stressed independence as the only solution
Proclaimed the “cause of America” as
the “cause of all mankind.”
Written in common language

13. Revolution - Declaration of Independence
Independence declared July 2, 1776
Thomas Jefferson
Highly debated and edited
Served as inspiration
“We hold these truths to be self-evident, that all men are created equal, that they are endowed by their Creator with certain unalienable rights, that among these are life, liberty, and the pursuit of happiness.”

14. Revolution Varying interests in U.S. independence Black enlistment
Slave holders
Lawyers & Merchants
Slaves
Black enlistment
Battle of Bunker Hill
American Militia

15. Revolution - British Strategies
Cut off the north
Get rid of rebels in Boston
Invade New York
Alliance with Iroquois in the West
Invade the south

16. Revolution - Battles Battle of Trenton, 1776 Battle of Saratoga, 1777
Washington crossed the Delaware River
Battle of Saratoga, 1777
Battle at Yorktown, 1781
France
Treaty of Paris, September, 1783
Battle at Yorktown
Negotiations with Great Britain

17. Revolution
Key Terms: Quartering Act, Stamp Act Congress, Townsend Acts,
Boston Massacre, Boston Tea Party, Intolerable Acts, Patrick Henry,
Battle at Lexington & Concord, Second Continental Congress, Common Sense,
Battle of Saratoga, Treaty of Paris (1783)