1. Aftermath of the French and Indian War
Massive debt left by nearly a century of war
Pontiac’s Rebellion/ Proc. Of 1763
The End of Salutary neglect
British Military policy
Grenville and the Sugar Act (1764)
Parliament vs. Colonial Assemblies
Use of Admiralty Courts

2. Stamp Act (1765) Virtual representation Grenville’s motives
Stamp Act Congress/ Sons of Liberty
“Rights of Englishmen”- Lockian Liberalism
Glorious Revolution
Early leaders: Sam Adams (Brewer, Patriot), Patrick Henry, James Otis
Repeal and the Declaratory Act

3. Townshend Duties 1767 Non-Importation Successes of non-importation
Boston “Massacre”

4. Tea Act 1773 Boston Tea party Intolerable (Coercive) Acts
First Continental Congress 1774
Loyalists

5. Road to War 1773-1775 Gaspe Incident- 1772 Lexington and Concord- 1775
Second Continental Congress
Common Sense-1776
Violence erupts, North to South
The Declaration of Independence

6. The American Revolution

7. British army - veteran force, highly trained and led
British army - veteran force, highly trained and led by experienced officers and noncoms
The American army consisted of only about 18,000 troops; poorly clothed and fed, armed, and trained.
Financing the War
Strengths and weaknesses of both sides

8. Battles-1776 Long Island 8/76 Harlem Heights 9/76 White Plains 10/76
Retreat across NJ 10-12/76
Trenton 12/26/76

9. Battles, 1777 Princeton 1/3/77 British Occupy Philly 9/77
Saratoga 10/77
Valley Forge 77-78
French Alliance

10. Battles, 1778-81 Southern Campaign by the British
Savannah 12/78
GA through 1780
Charleston 5/80;
Camden, 8/80
Nathaniel Greene takes charge:
King’s Mountain 11/80
Cowpens 1/81
Francis Marion- “The Swamp Fox”
Cornwallis moves north- Yorktown, 11/81