The document outlines the key events that led to the American Revolution from 1770 to 1776. It discusses several acts passed by the British Parliament that angered the colonists, such as the Tea Act, the Coercive Acts in response to the Boston Tea Party, and the Quebec Act. It also mentions Paul Revere's midnight ride to warn of approaching British troops, the battles of Lexington and Concord that marked the first military engagements of the revolution, and the Declaration of Independence adopted by the Second Continental Congress in 1776 declaring American independence from Britain.

1. The Road to Revolution: (1770-1776)

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

8. Boston Tea Party (1773)

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

10. The Quebec Act (1774)

11. 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.

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

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

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

15. Was the American Revolution Inevitable??

16. Thomas Paine : Common Sense

17. Declaration of Independence (1776)

18. Declaration of Independence

19. Independence Hall

20. New National Symbols