1. Riot to Rebellion 1770-1776

2. The colonies in 1763

3. Hostilities in the colonies The problem with the Redcoats Working classes and competition The role of alcohol The Boston Massacre (March 5, 1770) British Captain Thomas Prescott “Liberty boys” Paul Revere Samuel Adams John Adams Crispus Attucks The Trial of the Century… Internal disputes The Regulators

4. Take Five

5. Crispus Attucks

6. Paul Revere

7. Samuel Adams

8. John Adams

9. The March toward War Leaders of the rebellion James Otis Writs of assistance Patrick Henry “Give me liberty or give me death” Samuel Adams

10. Patrick Henry

11. The Tea Act of 1773 The Gaspee incident (1772) East India Co. Mercy Otis Warren “The Daughters of Liberty” Boston Tea Party (Dec. 16, 1773) Thomas Hutchinson

12. The Intolerable Acts Closing Boston ports A new governor and new policy A new government Quartering Act of 1774 Quebec Act of 1774

13. Turning toward revolution Committees of Correspondence Continental Congress Philadelphia The delegates The Suffolk Resolves Loyalty to the King Raising an army (the militia) “Minutemen”

14. The Midnight Ride

15. Paul Revere

16. First Blows Lexington and Concord Paul Revere, William Dawes & Samuel Prescott Sniping British retreat Another intolerable act Restriction of the Grand Banks

17. First Blows (con’t) Battle of Bunker Hill (Breed’s Hill) General Howe British victory Fort Ticonderoga Green mountain boys Ethan Allen

18. Benedict Arnold

19. General Sir William Howe

20. Battle of Fort Ticonderoga

21. Second Continental Congress Finding a General George Washington “Declaration of the Cause & Necessity of Taking Up Arms” Common Sense Thomas Paine

22. The Constitutional Convention

23. General George Washington

24. Voting for Independence The Declaration of Independence The Committee Thomas Jefferson, Roger Sherman, John Adams, Robert Livingston, Benjamin Franklin The issue of slavery Signing the declaration of independence John Hancock Increasing risk

26. What kind of men were the signers? 24 were lawyers and judges 11 were merchants 9 were farmers & large plantation owners All were well educated

27. Who said Freedom was Free? What happened to the 56 men who signed the Declaration of Independence? 5 were captured by the British as traitors and tortured before they died 12 had their homes ransacked and burned 2 lost their sons during the war 2 had their sons captured during the war 9 fought and died in the war