1. The Road
to Revolution:
( )

2. Was the
American Revolution
Inevitable??

3. Tar and Feathering

4. The Stamp Act
Colonies Reacted
Britain Responded
Samuel Adams & “Sons of Liberty”
Harassing stamp agents
Stamp Act Congress
No importation
Repealed Stamp Act…
…but…
Issued Declaratory Act in its place.
Required colonists to purchase special stamped paper for every legal document.
Taxed playing cards and dice.

5. The Townshend Acts Indirect taxes (duties) on imported materials
Colonies Reacted
Britain Responded
Rage
Stopped buying British luxuries
Seized ships of local merchants.
Placed British soldiers in Boston.
Indirect taxes (duties) on imported materials
3 penny tax on tea

6. The Boston Massacre (March 5,1770)

7. Tea Act British East India Co.: Monopoly on British tea imports.
Many members of Parliament held shares.
Permitted the Company to sell tea directly to colonies w/o middlemen (cheaper tea!)
Lord North expected the colonies to eagerly choose the cheaper tea.
Colonists React…

8. Boston Tea Party (1775)
British respond…

9. The Intolerable Acts (1774)
1. Port Bill- closed Boston Harbor
2. New Quartering Act
3. Martial Law
Lord North

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

11. First Continental Congress (1774)
55 delegates from 12 colonies
Agenda  How to respond to the new acts placed on colonies.
1 vote per colony represented.

12. Olive Branch Petition (1775)

13. Thomas Paine: Common Sense
15-page pamphlet that clearly explained all the reasons the colonies should become independent of the British king. This pamphlet was distributed everywhere in the colonies and was discussed in all colonial governments.

14. The British Are Coming . . .
Paul Revere & William Dawes make their midnight ride to warn the Minutemen of approaching British soldiers.

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

16. Declaration of Independence (1776)

17. Independence Hall

18. New National Symbols