1. The Road
to Revolution:
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2. Was the
American Revolution
inevitable??

3. The Roots of Revolution
Republicanism
A just society in which all citizens give up certain rights for the common good
Modeled by early Greeks & Romans
selflessness
Radical Whigs
Feared the threat to liberty posed by the monarch
Warned citizens against corruption

4. Mercantilism British American Colonials
The belief that wealth was power and a country’s wealth (power) was measured by the amount of gold and silver in its treasury.
British
Used Mercantilism to justify their control of the colonies
Colonies supplied raw materials and a market for exports
Parliament passed laws to regulate mercantilism
American Colonials
Also reaped the benefits of mercantilism
The system limited economic opportunity
Made colonists dependent on Britain

5. Prime Minister George Grenville’s Program 6311763-17657-1765
In order for Britain to pay the cost of war
The Navigation Laws would be strictly enforced
Sugar Act – 1764
Quartering Act – 1765
Stamp Act – 1765

6. Stamp Act Crisis Loyal Nine – 1765- sent 27 delegates to NY
Sons of Liberty – began in NYC: Samuel Adams
Stamp Act Congress – * Stamp Act Resolves – adopted the Non-importation Agreements
Declaratory Act – 1766 – repealed the Stamp Act

7. Tar and Feathering

8. Townshend Duties Crisis: 1767-1770
1767  Charles Townshend, Secretary of the Exchequer
Shift from paying taxes for British war debts & quartering of troops  paying colonial govt. salaries.
He diverted revenue collection from internal to external trade.
Tax these imports  paper, paint, lead, glass, tea.
Increase custom officials at American ports  established a Board of Customs in Boston.

9. The Boston Massacre (March 5,1770)

10. many colonists began calling people who joined the non-importation
For the first time,
many colonists began calling people
who joined the non-importation
movement,
"patriots!"

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

12. Tea Act (1773) British East India Co.: Monopoly on British tea imports
Britain expected the colonists to eagerly choose the cheaper tea.
They refused because to do so would recognize Parliament’s right to tax the colonies

13. Boston Tea Party (1773)

14. The Coercive or Intolerable Acts (1774)
1. Port Act
2. Government Act
3. New Quartering Act
Lord North
4. Administration of Justice Act