1. The Road
to Revolution:
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2. Was the
American Revolution
Inevitable??

3. Period of Salutary Neglect
From the start, England ignored her colonies in North America
The colonists learned to exist on their own, creating local government and providing a vehicle for law and order
Colonists trades with whom and where they wanted

4. French and Indian War 1756-1763 Also known as the 7 Years War
Also took place in India
England won the war, but was bankrupt
Needed to raise taxes to replenish its money
Passed a series of taxes on all of its citizens
Enforced the mercantile laws
Proclamation of 1763

5. Tar and Feathering

6. The Boston Massacre (March 5,1770)

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

8. Tea Act (1773) British East India Co.: Monopoly on Br. tea imports.
Permitted the Co. to sell tea directly to cols. without col. middlemen (cheaper tea!)
North expected the cols. to eagerly choose the cheaper tea.

9. Boston Tea Party (1773)

10. The Coercive or Intolerable Acts (1774)
1. Port Bill
2. New Quartering Act
Lord North

11. First Continental Congress (1774)
55 delegates from 12 colonies
Agenda  How to respond to the Coercive Acts?
1 vote per colony represented.
Called for colonies to train troops
Banned all trade with England

12. The British Are Coming . . .
Britain tightened control over the colonies with the addition of more troops.
Paul Revere makes his midnight ride to warn the Minutemen of approaching British soldiers.

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

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

15. Thomas Paine: Common Sense

16. Declaration of Independence (1776)

17. Independence Hall