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No Turning Back, 1774-6 -British reacted to ___________________
A). “Intolerable Acts” 1774 1). Mass. Charter; Boston Port; 2). Gen. Thomas Gage in Mass 3). Quebec ______________________________, 1774 A. Did not want war B. Committed crown C. Boycotts & Unity
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Colonial Nationalism Common Experiences Military Service
British troops Print Media Socio-cultural Anti-Indianism “Americanism”
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Social Differences __________ Aristocracy More ___________land
Less power More ___________land Geographical mobility Immigration ____________-fighting Generations of ____________________
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No Turning Back, 1774-6 -Minutemen: -Loyalists: Whigs:
Lexington & Concord -April 1775 “shot heard ‘round the world’”
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No Turning Back, 1774-6 -The _____________________________, 1775
A). “National Gov’t” B). ______________________________ C). “Declaration of the Causes and Necessity of Taking up Arms” D). George Washington
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Revolutionary Propaganda
-Thomas Paine, 1776 A). _________________ B). Argument for rebellion & independence British seized American ships
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Ft. Ticonderoga ______________ _________________________________
50 cannons captured Hauled through the swamps to Boston
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Bunker Hill Outside of Cannons from Ft. Ticonderoga
_________________________________ “Don’t fire until you see the whites of their eyes!” Americans run out of ammunition and retreat British fall by the hundreds Outside of Cannons from Ft. Ticonderoga
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