1. Road to Revolution

3. Legacy of French and Indian War
Increased taxation
Increased central control
Colonial unity
Liberty

4. Life in the colonies Mercantilism ties them together
Legislatures have some control over royal governors
Colonists are used to voting on taxes in colonial legislatures
Backcountry is underrepresented
Enlightenment ideals spread due to recent immigrants

5. Legislation vs. taxation
Regulations of trade vs. taxation
Britain’s view – Why won’t colonists bear 1/3 of the cost of their protection?
Colonial view – Why was an army necessary?
Proclamations that advance resentment
Proclamation of 1763
Sugar Act of 1764
Stamp Act of 1765
Declaratory Acts
Tea Act

6. Stamp Act Crisis 1 year after Sugar Act
What made the Stamp Act different from other taxes?
* Stamp Act in Britain was older and much harsher*

7. No taxation without representation
Stamp Act Congress
Committees of Correspondence
Non-importation agreements
Sons of Liberty
Declaratory Act and parliamentary supremacy
Virtual Representation

8. Boston Tea Party Further linked the colonies together
Various colonies prevented tea landings
Consumption fell from 900,000 lbs. to 237,000 lbs.
Boston agents refused to resign
Sons of Liberty lead protests

9. Coercive (Intolerable) Acts
Boston Port Act
Impartial Administration of Justice Act
Quartering Act
Massachusetts Government Act

10. First Continental Congress
Reaction to British actions
Acting with no real authority
Opposition spread much farther than it had with the Stamp Act
Colonists begin to see themselves as Americans
Committees of Safety