1. Santiago Christian School
The Road
to Revolution:
( )
By: Mr. Mark Gonzalez
Santiago Christian School

2. Was the
American Revolution
Inevitable??

3. George Grenville’s Program, 1763-1765 (to help pay for war and maintain British army)
1. Sugar Act – 1764-to discourage smuggling
2. Currency Act
3. Quartering Act
4. Stamp Act – 1765-the one that most angered the colonists b/c it taxed things produced and consumed in the colonies

4. Stamp Act Crisis Loyal Nine - 1765
Sons of Liberty – began in NYC: Sam Adams to boycott British products
Stamp Act Congress – * success- Stamp Act canceled
Declaratory Act – 1766 Parliament-supreme over colonies>>> ignored by Colonists

5. Townshend Acts Crisis: 1767-1770
1767  William Pitt, P. M. & Charles Townshend, Secretary of the Exchequer (treasury)
Shift from paying taxes for war debts & quartering of troops  paying colonial govt. salaries.
Colonists Protested-no taxation w/o representation in Parliament
Tax these imports  paper, paint, lead, glass, tea.
Increase tax collectors at American ports  established a Board of Customs in Boston.

6. Colonial Response to the Townshend Acts
1. Colonists Refused to Import British goods (boycotts)
2. Riots against customs agents: * John Hancock’s ship, the Liberty * 4000 British troops sent to Boston where violence and protests had been the worst

7. 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!"

8. Tar and Feathering of the tax man

9. The Boston Massacre (March 5,1770)
Boston citizens not happy with the presence of British troops in Boston
Some agitators were upset because they were afraid of British cruelty
However, most colonists did not want them there b/c they would be forced to pay more taxes for the troops’ presence
5 colonists killed when British troops opened fire b/c they felt threatened by crowd
All soldiers were found not guilty of murder

10. The death of Crispus Attucks-black abolitionist at the Boston Massacre
It is at this event that John Adams remarked that the foundations of American independence had been laid

11. The Gaspee Incident (1772) Providence, RI coast
a significant event in the lead-up to the American Revolution.
HMS Gaspée, a British revenue ship that had been enforcing unpopular trade regulations, ran aground in shallow water on June 9, 1772, near what is now known as Gaspee Point in the city of Warwick, Rhode Island, while chasing the packet boat Hannah.
In a notorious act of defiance, American patriots led by Abraham Whipple and John Brown, attacked, boarded, looted, and torched the ship
Providence, RI coast

12. Tea Act (1773) British East India Co.:
Monopoly on British. tea imports.
Permitted the Co. to sell tea directly to cols. without col. middlemen (cheaper tea!)
North expected the colonials. to eagerly choose the cheaper tea.

13. Boston Tea Party (1773)
Break for video

14. First Continental Congress (Philadelphia 1774)
55 delegates from 12 colonies
Agenda  How to respond to all the acts
1 vote per colony represented.

15. The British Are Coming . . .
Paul Revere & William Dawes make their midnight ride to warn the Minutemen of approaching British soldiers.

16. The Shot Heard ’Round the World! Lexington & Concord – April 18,1775
Break for video

17. Olive Branch Petition-drafted by John Dickenson of Delaware
The Second Continental Congress (1775)
Olive Branch Petition-drafted by John Dickenson of Delaware
Tried to find a way to work out a solution between colonists and British Government

18. Was the
American Revolution
Inevitable??

19. Thomas Paine: Common Sense
In it, Paine argued that "common sense" showed that Americans owed direct
allegiance neither to the king of Great Britain nor to any other monarchy. He urged
Americans to seek a complete break from England and called for the establishment of an
American republic.
In fact, Common Sense sold
a half million copies in six months.
Did much to influence independence
The most effective piece of propaganda for the colonial cause

20. Declaration of Independence (July 4, 1776)

21. Declaration of Independence

22. Independence Hall-Philadelphia, PA

23. New National Symbols