1. Parts By: Ms. Susan M. Pojer
The Road
to Revolution:
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Parts By: Ms. Susan M. Pojer

2. Was the
American Revolution
Inevitable??

3. Tar and Feathering

4. The Boston Massacre (March 5,1770)

5. Newspaper Reaction

6. A More Accurate Portrayal

7. The Gaspee Incident (1772)
Run aground off Providence, RI coast. Patriots dressed like Indians, capture soldiers and burn ship…Sound Familiar?

8. Committees of Correspondence
Purpose  warn neighboring colonies about incidents with Br  broaden the resistance movement.
*Frequently discussed Gaspee Incident in letters

9. Tea Act (1773) British East India Co.: Monopoly on Br. tea imports.
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.

10. Boston Tea Party (1773)

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

12. The Quebec Act (1774)

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.
The Association

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

15. Sybil Ludington, The Female Paul Revere?
April 25, 1777
Ludington spreads news of British troops coming to upstate NY (Kent – Mohopac)

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

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

18. Does this action fit into the idea of the American Revolution?
Invasion of Canada
Does this action fit into the idea of the American Revolution?

19. Was the
American Revolution
Inevitable??

20. Thomas Paine: Common Sense

21. Declaration of Independence (1776)

22. Declaration of Independence

23. Independence Hall

24. New National Symbols