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

2. Tar and Feathering

3. TAXES STAMP ACT: WHEN: 1765-1766
WHAT WAS BEING TAXED: All printed documents.
HOW DID MANY COLONISTS TREAT TAX COLLECTORS TRYING TO ENFORCE THE LAW: They protested and boycotted against them. 
SURGAR ACT:
WHEN: 1764
WHAT WAS BEING TAXED: Sugar.
HOW DID MANY COLONIAL MERCHAINTS AVOID THE TAX ON SUGAR: They protested it.
TOWNSHEND ACTS:
WHEN: 1767
WHAT WAS BEING TAXED: Lead, paper, glass, paint, and tea.
WHAT DID THE WRITS OF ASSISTANCE ALLOW BRITISH OFFICERS TO DO: It allowed them to sell directly to the colonists.

4. The Boston Massacre (March 5,1770)

6. British tax collecting ship
The Gaspee Incident (1772)
British tax collecting ship
Providence, RI coast

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.
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.

9. Boston Tea Party (1773)

10. The Coercive or Intolerable Acts (1774)
1. Port Bill
2. Government Act
3. New Quartering Act
Lord North
4. Administration of Justice Act all crimes that occur in colonies will be tried in England

11. First Continental Congress (1774)
55 delegates from 12 colonies
Agenda  How to respond to the Coercive Acts & the Quebec Act?
1 vote per colony represented.

12. Intolerable activities
#6 IN NOTEBOOK

13. Paul Revere actually said, “The Regulars are out!”
The British Are Coming . . .
Paul Revere actually said, “The Regulars are out!”
Paul Revere & William Dawes make their midnight ride to warn the Minutemen of approaching British soldiers.

14. The Midnight Ride
Paul Revere/ William Dawes – A silversmith (a patriot) was given the task of spreading the news of the British troop movements.
code =lamp burned in a church steeple, one if by land two if by sea.
Patriots – Wanted war with the British
Loyalists – didn’t want war and Supported the British

15. Read the not so lonesome ride
#8 IN NOTEBOOK

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

17. Lexington & Concord – April 18,1775
Lexington and Concord
British had found out that the colonists were storing arms and ammunition in concord
The first battles of the Revolutionary War were fought at Lexington and Concord.
At the battle the British destroyed the supplies but were forced to retreat when they were overcome by militiamen.

18. Shot Heard Round the World

19. Olive Branch Petition
Was sent by the Second continental congress to King George III. Colonists asked the King to repeal the Intolerable Acts
King George III refused
The refusal of the Olive Brach petition and the battles ended hope for a peaceful solution to for the colonists.

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

22. What do we do now?
Continental Army – 20,000 strong …choose Washington as their commanding officer
Printed paper money to pay the troops… This was the first time the colonials attempt at a power of government.

23. Was the
American Revolution
Inevitable??

24. A growing colonial America
Government
Colonists expected their government to preserve their basic rights as English subjects
The “Rights of and Englishmen” had developed over the years.
In 1215 the Magna Carta – This document guaranteed rights of noble and free men
No taxation
No seizure of land
Could not be put on trial without a witness
One of the most important rights of the Englishmen was the right to elect representatives to government.
Parliament – The chief law making body was the model for representative government
English bill of rights – An agreement to respect the English citizens Parliament was put in place to help guarantee certain freedoms. (No unfair taxation, right to complain about govt. without being arrested)
Parliament had Two Houses
House of Commons
House of the lords
were non elected noble’s judges and church officials
Elected by the people

25. Colonial Government Royal Crown Council Royal Governor
Appointed by the crown
Royal Governor
Oversaw colonial trade
Had final approval on laws
Could dismiss colonial assembly
Colonial Assembly
Council
Appointed by the gover nor
Advisory by the board
Acted as the highest court
Elected by eligible colonists
Made laws
Paid Governors salary

26. During the 1700’s England interfered little with the colonial govt
During the 1700’s England interfered little with the colonial govt. this was called Salutary Neglect
Zenger Trial – Helped to establish freedom of the press. A colonist published an article criticizing the governor of New York; judge agreed that people had the right to speak the truth.

27. Thomas Paine: Common Sense

28. No More Kings

29. Declaration of Independence (1776)

30. July 4th 1776 Declaration of Independence
On this date, the Continental Congress voted that the 13 colonies were “free and independent states.”
Thomas Jefferson wrote the Declaration and the members of congress signed it.

31. Declaration of Independence

32. Independence Hall

33. What did the Declaration include?
1) Natural Rights – (unalienable rights) rights that belong to people from birth.
“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.”
This section said that the government only exists to protect our natural rights as humans. When a government fails to do this, it is the people’s duty to rid of the government.
2) List of Grievances – A list of all the wrong things the King had done to make the colonies break away from England.
3) Independence – Announces that the colonies are the United States of America. All political ties with Britain have been cut.

34. New National Symbols

35. WRITE A PARAGRAPH EXPLAINING WHY