1. The Road
to Revolution:
( )

2. Was the
American Revolution
Inevitable??

3. Tar and Feathering

4. The Boston Massacre (March 5,1770)

5. The Gaspee Incident (1772)
Providence, RI coast

6. The Skinny Gaspee was a British customs ship
Was boarded by rebels when chasing a smuggling boat
Lt. was wounded and ship was set on fire
British now paid governor’s salaries instead of colonies
What power does that give them?

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

8. Tea Act (1773) British East India Co.:
Monopoly on Br. tea imports & going broke
Many members of Parl. held shares.
Permitted the Co. to sell tea directly to cols. without col. middlemen (cheaper tea!)
North expected the cols. to eagerly choose the cheaper tea.

9. Boston Tea Party (1773)

10. One Crazy Night In response to the Stamp Act and Townshend Acts
Sons of Liberty, disguised as Indians, dump 90,000 tons of tea into the harbor
British and many colonists unhappy
Britain closes Boston Harbor

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

12. The Quebec Act (1774) *Took Indian lands (Ontario)
* Took parts of US (IL, IN, MI, OH, & WI)
* Free practice of Catholicism

13. First Continental Congress (1774)
55 delegates from 12 colonies
Agenda  How to respond to the Coercive Acts & the Quebec Act?
1 vote per colony represented.

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

15. The Shot Heard ’Round the World! Lexington & Concord – April 18,1775

16. The Second Continental Congress (1775)
Olive Branch Petition

17. Was the
American Revolution
Inevitable??

18. Thomas Paine: Common Sense

19. Declaration of Independence (1776)

20. Declaration of Independence

21. Independence Hall

22. New National Symbols