1. Last Type 2 Reading Quiz What was the response of most Americans to the increased militancy of the anti-war movement?

2. Colonial Developments New England 1620 – Pilgrims (separatists) Mayflower Compact 1629 – Mass. Bay Colony Congregationalists (reform from within) John Winthrop – “City on a Hill” Roger Williams/Anne Hutchinson (illustrated religious intolerance) Chesapeake 1606 – Jamestown Joint-stock company. John Smith (martial law) John Rolfe – tobacco Maryland – refuge for Catholics Many indentured servants Driven by the pursuit of wealth. Less sense of community.

3. Road to Revolution (1750-1776) Salutary Neglect (1650-1750) Mercantilism – Colonies should serve the economic needs of the Crown Navigation Acts In 1750, the colonists were loyal British subjects French/Indian War (1754-1763) Brought the colonists into close contact with British soldiers

4. Benjamin Franklin – Albany Plan (1754)

5. Impact of the French/Indian War Anti-British Sentiment Colonists came into contact with each other Britain was left with a huge debt Sought to raise revenue from the colonies.

6. British Regulation Proclamation of 1763 Sugar Act (1764) Currency Act (1764) Stamp Act (1765) Virtual representation Sons of Liberty (1766) Stamp Act repealed (1766) – Declaratory Act

7. KEY POINT These new regulations did not directly lead to the American Revolution Declaratory Act (1766) Declaration of Independence (1776) Many questions ask that you demonstrate knowledge of this fact. Things really started to get a bit hairy after this event…

8. 1770 Economic Tension Standing army Still no war. But…

9. Boston Tea Party (1773)

10. Road to War Coercive Acts (1773) First Continental Congress (1774) – still hesitant to declare independence 1775 – Lexington/Concord 1775 – Second Continental Congress Common Sense – Thomas Paine Declaration of Independence (1776) Franco-American Alliance (1778)

11. Early Government = Fail Articles of Confederation Shows the fear of a strong central government. Unicameral, no executive National government could not tax, regulate trade. Amendments required unanimous consent. Britain refused to abandon military posts. Shay’s Rebellion (1787) One good accomplishment – Land Ordinance of 1785, NW Ordinance of 1787. Orderly system for territories to become states.