1. The War for Independence
Chapter 4
The Stirrings of Rebellion
Section 1

2. The Colonies Organize to Resist Britain
The Stamp Act
Affected all colonists
Required stamped paper for
Legal docs
Licenses
Newspapers
Pamphlets
Playing cards & dice
Violators were tried in English courts

3. The Stamp Act Protests
Boston shopkeepers, artisans, and laborers organize to protest and demonstrate
Sons of Liberty
Harassed customs workers and stamp agents
Colonials assemblies pass resolutions stating that the colony could only be taxes by the colonial assembly

4. Declaration of Rights and Grievances
England had no power to tax the colonies
Boycott of British goods
Colonies purchase 40% of English exports
Stamp repealed after about 6 months

5. Indirect tax on imports
The Townshend Acts
Indirect tax on imports
Taxed imports of glass, lead, paint, paper, tea
Colonists again call for a boycott of British goods
British seize the Liberty
Sparks riots
British send 4000 soldiers to curb the violence

6. Tension Mounts in Massachusetts
The Boston Massacre
Fistfight between colonists and soldiers over jobs results in an armed conflict
Five colonists are killed
The incident is portrayed as a massacre of unarmed colonists
British repeals the Townshend Acts because of high cost to enforce

7. British East India Company is on the verge of bankruptcy Tea Act
Boston Tea Party
British East India Company is on the verge of bankruptcy
Tea Act
Allowed company to sell tea to colonies tax free
Angered colonist, dressed as Native Americans, dump 15,000 pounds of tea into Boston Harbor

8. Colonists refuse to pay for the damaged tea
The Intolerable Acts
Colonists refuse to pay for the damaged tea
Shut down Boston Harbor
Quartering Act
Boston placed under martial law
1774 First Continental Congress meets
Support protest in Boston
States that colonists will respond to British use of force

9. Fighting Erupts at Lexington and Concord
After 1st Continental Congress colonists begin to prepare for war
Massachusetts gov. responds by sending 700 British soldiers to Concord
70 minutemen waiting in Lexington
British attacked on the way back to Boston by minutemen

10. Ideas Help Start a Revolution
Section 2

11. The Colonies Hover Between Peace and War
The Second Continental Congress
Some delegates want independence, most want peaceful reconciliation
Recognize militiamen outside Boston as the Continental Army

12. The Battle of Bunker Hill Take place on Breeds Hill
311 militiamen killed
1000+ British killed
Deadliest battle of the war

13. The Olive Branch Petition
Second Continental Congress offered British the opportunity to return to former relationship
King George III refuses

14. The Patriots Declare Independence
Common Sense
Written by Thomas Paine
States reasons that the colonies should be independent
Widely read and is responsible for influencing the opinions of many people

15. Declaring Independence Written by Thomas Jefferson
drew heavily on the philosophy of John Locke
Natural rights
People have the right and duty to overthrow a tyrannical government
Adopted on July 4, 1776

16. Struggling Toward Saratoga Section 3

17. The War Moves to the Middle States
Colonists suffer defeat in New York and Philadelphia
Victories at Trenton and Saratoga
Saratoga changes British strategy
French aide

18. Winning the War
Sec 4

19. European Allies Shift the Balance
1780 – 6000 French soldiers arrive
Following Lafayette‘s plan
Americans and French surround British at Yorktown

20. Peace negotiations take place in Paris
Seeking Peace
Peace negotiations take place in Paris
Britain, France, Spain, America
American delegate refuse to negotiate untill Britain recognized their full independence
Established American borders