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The Story of a RoadThe Story of a Road
Some Took toSome Took to
RevolutionRevolution
United States HistoryUnited States History
““An Age of Revolution”An Age of Revolution”
What Do YouWhat Do You SeeSee??
What Do YouWhat Do You KnowKnow??
What do predict will happen?What do predict will happen?
Stated that
laws exist
which protect
the rights of
British subjects
which the king
must observe
First colonial
government
written by
Pilgrims before
settling the
New World
A king could
not tax British
subjects
without
permission
from the
British
government,
Parliament
Provided basic
rights for all
British subjects:
established
elections, right
to bear arms,
forbid cruel
unusual
punishment,
trial by jury
Care to make a prediction?
Rights of English Citizens
King’s Influence and Power
Time (Years)
King’s Power and
Influence
Time (YEARS)
RightsofEnglishCitizens
Do You Know Anything AboutDo You Know Anything About
Powder Kegs?Powder Kegs?
MercantilismMercantilism
England has got it GOOD!!!England has got it GOOD!!!
Victory comes at a costVictory comes at a cost
How can we fix it?How can we fix it?
We need more
money…perhaps
the colonies?
I have a few ideas.
Prime Minister
Grenville
Navigation Acts, 1660’sNavigation Acts, 1660’s
We need to
tighten our leash
a bit more.
Certain products can
only be sold to England
or English colonies.
(sugar, tobacco, indigo,
etc.)
Goods from other
countries had to
go to Europe first.
Goods had to be
transported on
English ships.
Proclamation of 1763Proclamation of 1763
We have to
limit colonial
expansion
westward.
Back in the colonies…Back in the colonies…
Doesn’t bother me
at all.
I know a way to
smuggle goods in.
I like things just the
way they are.
They did not care to
enforce trade
before. They’ll back
off.
We are still
moving
west.
Ignore,
smuggle
and bend
the rules.
Navigation Acts
1660’s
Proclamation of
1763
We still need more
money.
England’s citizens
pay taxes on sugar.
The colonists are
English citizens. It
seems only fair.
Back in the colonies…Back in the colonies…
Can they really do
that?
Do we have a
say at all?
Things are tight
enough! I don’t
need more taxes!What if we get
sugar from
someone else?
We can find
ways
around this.
Currency Act, 1764
Navigation Acts
1660’s
Proclamation of
1763 Sugar Act, 1764
Ignore,
smuggle
and bend
the rules.
Verbal
protest
More
smuggling
Not working! Any
other bright ideas?
I have another way
which could bring in
more money.
Stamp Act, 1765Stamp Act, 1765
This is an English
royal stamp!
Back in the colonies…Back in the colonies…
Can they really do
that?
Who
represents us
anyway?
More taxes? Are
you kidding me?
They did spend a lot
of money protecting
our interest.
I wonder
what other
colonies are
saying?
The Stamp Act CongressThe Stamp Act Congress
Taxatio n witho ut representatio n?
“ Why no t o ur lands? Why no t
pro duce o f o ur lands, and
everything we po ssess o r make
use o f?...If taxes are laid upo n us
in any shape witho ut having a
legalrepresentative where they
are laid, are we no t reduced
fro m… free subjects to slaves?”
PATRICK HENRY
SAMUEL ADAMS
Boycotts begin!Boycotts begin!
Less than a civil response…Less than a civil response…
Boycotts! Threats!
Violence! Tar and
feathering?
We could repeal the
act? But our
authority will be
compromised.
Some threats
and violence
Currency Act, 1764
Navigation Acts
1660’s
Proclamation of
1763 Sugar Act, 1764
Declaratory Act,
1766
Sons &
Daughters of
Liberty / boycott
Stamp Act
Congress
More
smuggling
Ignore &
smuggle
Verbal
protest
Stamp Act,
1765
“Taxation without
representation!”
Townshend Acts, 1767Townshend Acts, 1767
1. We have to
enforce the
Navigation Acts
more.
2. We must have the
authority to search any
building any time.
(writs of assistance)
3. We will put taxes
on all imported goods
like lead, paper, glass
and tea.
4. We will use the
money earned to
pay the salaries of
our colonial
officials.
5. We will not let any
meetings take place at
the New York
Assembly.
Samuel Adams steps it up…Samuel Adams steps it up…
 Colonists felt theirColonists felt their
rights were beingrights were being
taken awaytaken away
 Boycotts stir upBoycotts stir up
againagain
 British taxBritish tax
collectors andcollectors and
officials are stillofficials are still
threatened.threatened.
Violence Erupts in BostonViolence Erupts in Boston
JOHN ADAMS
Events of the TrialEvents of the Trial
Governor Hutchinson orders troops to
withdraw from the Boston City
Captain Preston faces trial alone. 22
testified. Many state Preston did not give
order.(Jury-12: 2 Boston, 5 Tories)
Wemms, Hartigan, McCauley, White, Warren
and Carroll stand trial together.
Kilroy and Montgomery did fire into crowd. Found
guilty of manslaughter. Both claimed to be clergy
and were spared death penalty. Branding by fire was
punishment. (seared thumbs)
Montgomery later admitted to yelling “Damn you,
Fire!” after being knocked to the ground.
(TORIES)
BEN FRANKLIN WILLIAM FRANKLIN
I am indeed of opinion, that the parliament has no right to
make any law whatever, binding on the colonies…
I know your sentiments differ from mine on these subjects.
You are a thorough government man, which I do not
wonder at, not do I aim at converting you. I only wish to act
uprightly and steadily.”
I think that all laws until they are repealed
ought to be obeyed and that is the duty of
those who are entrusted with the executive
part of government to see that they are so.”
FATHER… …AND SON
I wonder if the king
has heard the
news?
Enough is enough!
We are losing
control! Repeal the
acts!
As you wish!
However we still
need to make
money. Perhaps
keep the tax on tea?
Day #2 Stopping Point
Tea Anyone?Tea Anyone?
(3 years after(3 years after
Boston Massacre)Boston Massacre)
Forty to fifty men
gathered at Griffin’s
Wharf.
Dressed as Indians
and blackened in
face with coal, they
boarded the
Dartmouth, Beaver
and Eleanor.
No harm was to
come to any of the
ships or the persons
aboard her.
342 chests of tea had
been emptied.
TIME FOR A SONG?
Tea Anyone?Tea Anyone?Perhaps Boston should
pay back England for
the tea they damaged?
BEN FRANKLIN
Day #2 Stopping Point
Some threats
and violence
Currency Act, 1764
Navigation Acts
1660’s
Proclamation of
1763 Sugar Act, 1764
Declaratory
Act, 1766
Sons &
Daughters of
Liberty / boycott
Stamp Act
Congress
More
smuggling
Ignore &
smuggle
Verbal
protest
Stamp Act,
1765
“Taxation without
representation!”
Townshend Acts,
1767
More
boycotts
Tea Act,
1773
Boston
Tea Party
Boston
Massac
re
That was a great
idea!
Whatever!!!
Intolerable Acts, 1774Intolerable Acts, 1774
1. Boston
Harbor is hear
by closed!
2. Colonists will
quarter our British
soldiers
3. We need to give
more authority to our
colonial governors and
weaken their state
legislatures.
4. All British
officials accused of
crimes will be on
trial in England or
in another colony
Hmm…We’ll probably
need more troops sent
over to the colonies.
GOVERNOR
Searching homes, quartering troops, punishing cities?
The Intolerable Acts redesigned colonial
governments thus limiting voice (and power) within
the colonies.
Road to revolution
Road to revolution
The Colonies GatherThe Colonies Gather
Repeal the
Intolerable Acts!!!
Our legislatures
need to make laws,
not Parliament!
Halt all exports to
England!!!
Continue to
boycott!!!!
A Voice from VirginiaA Voice from VirginiaGentlemen may cry, peace, peace-but
thereisnot peace. Thewar isactually
begun!
Thegalethat sweepsfrom thenorth will
bring our earstheclash of resounding
arms!
Our brethren arealready in thefield!
Why stand wehereidle? What isit that
gentlemen wish? What would they have?
Islifeso dear, or peaceso sweet, asto be
purchased at thepriceof chainsand
slavery?
Forbid it, Almighty God! I know not
what courseotherswill take: but asfor
me, give me liberty, orgive me
death!
Road to revolution
Some threats
and violence An army is
formed!
Currency Act, 1764
Navigation Acts
1660’s
Proclamation of
1763 Sugar Act, 1764
Declaratory
Act, 1766
Sons &
Daughters of
Liberty / boycott
Stamp Act
Congress
More
smuggling
Ignore &
smuggle
Verbal
protest
Stamp Act,
1765
“Taxation without
representation!”
Townshend Acts,
1767
More
boycotts
Tea Act,
1773
Boston
Tea Party
Boston
Massac
re
Intolerable
Acts, 1774
1st Continental
Congress
Committees of
Correspondence
Lexingto
n &
Concord
““The British are coming!”The British are coming!”
THOMAS GAGE
JOHN HANCOCK
SAMUEL ADAMS
Shot Heard Round the World!Shot Heard Round the World!
It’s justIt’s just Common SenseCommon Sense
In 1776, at the request of Benjamin
Franklin, Thomas Paine, an
English writer, came to America.
He wrote a 47-page pamphlet
which was later distributed in
Philadelphia.
500,000 copies were sold in the
colonies in a matter of months.
Through his words, colonists began
to see Great Britain in a new light.
“There is something very absurd in
supporting a continent to be perpetually
[forever] governed by an island.”
“I have heard it asserted by
some, that as America hath
flourished under her former
connection with Great-Britain,
that the same connection is
necessary towards her future
happiness, and will always have
the same effect…“
Paine’s words spoke out against
the abuse of British government. It
would change the way colonists
viewed British authority, but it
would call for something new…
independence.
Paine’s words spoke out against
the abuse of British government. It
would change the way colonists
viewed British authority, but it
would call for something new…
independence.
“Nothing can be more fallacious
than this kind of argument. We
may as well assert that because
a child has thrived upon milk,
that it is never to have meat, or
that the first twenty years of our
lives is to become a precedent
for the next twenty.”
So what happens next?So what happens next?
Road to revolution
Road to revolution
Road to revolution
Some threats
and violence
An army is
formed!
Currency Act, 1764Navigation Acts
1660’s
Proclamation of
1763
Sugar Act, 1764
Declaratory
Act, 1766
Sons &
Daughters of
Liberty / boycott
Stamp Act
Congress
More
smuggling
Ignore &
smuggle
Verbal
protest
Stamp Act,
1765
“Taxation without
representation!”
Townshend Acts,
1767
More
boycotts
Boston
Tea Party
Boston
Massac
re
Intolerable
Acts, 1774
1st Continental
Congress
Committees of
Correspondence
Navigation Acts
1660’s
Proclamation of
1763
Sugar Act, 1764
Navigation Acts
1660’s
Proclamation of
1763
Currency Act, 1764Navigation Acts
1660’s
Proclamation of
1763
Declaratory
Act, 1766
Currency Act, 1764Navigation Acts
1660’s
Proclamation of
1763
Stamp Act,
1765
Declaratory
Act, 1766
Currency Act, 1764Navigation Acts
1660’s
Proclamation of
1763
Townshend Acts,
1767
Stamp Act,
1765
Declaratory
Act, 1766
Currency Act, 1764Navigation Acts
1660’s
Proclamation of
1763
Townshend Acts,
1767
Stamp Act,
1765
Declaratory
Act, 1766
Currency Act, 1764Navigation Acts
1660’s
Proclamation of
1763
Intolerable
Acts, 1774
Townshend Acts,
1767
Declaratory
Act, 1766
Currency Act, 1764Navigation Acts
1660’s
Proclamation of
1763
Tea Act,
1773
Sugar Act, 1764
Stamp Act,
1765
Ignore &
smuggle
Verbal
protest
More
smuggling
Ignore &
smuggle
Verbal
protest
Stamp Act
Congress
More
smuggling
Ignore &
smuggle
Verbal
protest
Stamp Act
Congress
More
smuggling
Ignore &
smuggle
Verbal
protest
Stamp Act
Congress
More
smuggling
Ignore &
smuggle
Verbal
protest
“Taxation without
representation!”
Stamp Act
Congress
More
smuggling
Ignore &
smuggle
Verbal
protest
Sons &
Daughters of
Liberty / boycott
“Taxation without
representation!”
Stamp Act
Congress
More
smuggling
Ignore &
smuggle
Verbal
protest
Some threats
and violence
Sons &
Daughters of
Liberty / boycott
“Taxation without
representation!”
Stamp Act
Congress
More
smuggling
Ignore &
smuggle
Verbal
protest
An army is
formed!
Some threats
and violence
Sons &
Daughters of
Liberty / boycott
“Taxation without
representation!”
Stamp Act
Congress
More
smuggling
Ignore &
smuggle
Verbal
protest
1st Continental
Congress
An army is
formed!
Some threats
and violence
Sons &
Daughters of
Liberty / boycott
“Taxation without
representation!”
Stamp Act
Congress
More
smuggling
Ignore &
smuggle
Verbal
protest
Boston
Tea Party
1st Continental
Congress
An army is
formed!
Some threats
and violence
Sons &
Daughters of
Liberty / boycott
“Taxation without
representation!”
Stamp Act
Congress
More
smuggling
Ignore &
smuggle
Verbal
protest
More
boycotts
Boston
Tea Party
1st Continental
Congress
An army is
formed!
Some threats
and violence
Sons &
Daughters of
Liberty / boycott
“Taxation without
representation!”
Stamp Act
Congress
More
smuggling
Ignore &
smuggle
Verbal
protest
Committees of
Correspondenc
e
More
boycotts
Boston
Tea Party
1st Continental
Congress
An army is
formed!
Some threats
and violence
Sons &
Daughters of
Liberty /
boycott
“Taxation
without
representation!
”
Stamp Act
Congress
More
smuggling
Ignore &
smuggle
Verbal
protest
Boston
Massacr
e
Questions for you and your neighbor…Questions for you and your neighbor…
 Where did the British government makeWhere did the British government make
its first mistake? (Push too hard?)its first mistake? (Push too hard?)
 Did the colonies make any mistakes?Did the colonies make any mistakes?
(Push too hard?)(Push too hard?)
 At what point was there no turning back?At what point was there no turning back?
(A break was going to happen…)(A break was going to happen…)
 Was revolution inevitable? (Going toWas revolution inevitable? (Going to
happen no matter what…)happen no matter what…)
What have we covered so far?What have we covered so far?
repealrepeal Proclamation of 1763Proclamation of 1763
Stamp ActStamp Act Sons & Daughters of LibertySons & Daughters of Liberty
Townshend ActsTownshend Acts boycottboycott
Intolerable ActsIntolerable Acts Samuel AdamsSamuel Adams
Boston MassacreBoston Massacre Boston Tea PartyBoston Tea Party
Lexington & ConcordLexington & Concord loyalists (Tories)loyalists (Tories)
George WashingtonGeorge Washington Patrick HenryPatrick Henry
Common SenseCommon Sense

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Road to revolution

  • 1. The Story of a RoadThe Story of a Road Some Took toSome Took to RevolutionRevolution United States HistoryUnited States History ““An Age of Revolution”An Age of Revolution”
  • 2. What Do YouWhat Do You SeeSee?? What Do YouWhat Do You KnowKnow??
  • 3. What do predict will happen?What do predict will happen? Stated that laws exist which protect the rights of British subjects which the king must observe First colonial government written by Pilgrims before settling the New World A king could not tax British subjects without permission from the British government, Parliament Provided basic rights for all British subjects: established elections, right to bear arms, forbid cruel unusual punishment, trial by jury
  • 4. Care to make a prediction? Rights of English Citizens King’s Influence and Power Time (Years)
  • 5. King’s Power and Influence Time (YEARS) RightsofEnglishCitizens
  • 6. Do You Know Anything AboutDo You Know Anything About Powder Kegs?Powder Kegs?
  • 7. MercantilismMercantilism England has got it GOOD!!!England has got it GOOD!!!
  • 8. Victory comes at a costVictory comes at a cost
  • 9. How can we fix it?How can we fix it? We need more money…perhaps the colonies? I have a few ideas. Prime Minister Grenville
  • 10. Navigation Acts, 1660’sNavigation Acts, 1660’s We need to tighten our leash a bit more. Certain products can only be sold to England or English colonies. (sugar, tobacco, indigo, etc.) Goods from other countries had to go to Europe first. Goods had to be transported on English ships.
  • 11. Proclamation of 1763Proclamation of 1763 We have to limit colonial expansion westward.
  • 12. Back in the colonies…Back in the colonies… Doesn’t bother me at all. I know a way to smuggle goods in. I like things just the way they are. They did not care to enforce trade before. They’ll back off. We are still moving west.
  • 13. Ignore, smuggle and bend the rules. Navigation Acts 1660’s Proclamation of 1763
  • 14. We still need more money. England’s citizens pay taxes on sugar. The colonists are English citizens. It seems only fair.
  • 15. Back in the colonies…Back in the colonies… Can they really do that? Do we have a say at all? Things are tight enough! I don’t need more taxes!What if we get sugar from someone else? We can find ways around this.
  • 16. Currency Act, 1764 Navigation Acts 1660’s Proclamation of 1763 Sugar Act, 1764 Ignore, smuggle and bend the rules. Verbal protest More smuggling
  • 17. Not working! Any other bright ideas? I have another way which could bring in more money.
  • 18. Stamp Act, 1765Stamp Act, 1765 This is an English royal stamp!
  • 19. Back in the colonies…Back in the colonies… Can they really do that? Who represents us anyway? More taxes? Are you kidding me? They did spend a lot of money protecting our interest. I wonder what other colonies are saying?
  • 20. The Stamp Act CongressThe Stamp Act Congress Taxatio n witho ut representatio n? “ Why no t o ur lands? Why no t pro duce o f o ur lands, and everything we po ssess o r make use o f?...If taxes are laid upo n us in any shape witho ut having a legalrepresentative where they are laid, are we no t reduced fro m… free subjects to slaves?” PATRICK HENRY SAMUEL ADAMS
  • 22. Less than a civil response…Less than a civil response…
  • 23. Boycotts! Threats! Violence! Tar and feathering? We could repeal the act? But our authority will be compromised.
  • 24. Some threats and violence Currency Act, 1764 Navigation Acts 1660’s Proclamation of 1763 Sugar Act, 1764 Declaratory Act, 1766 Sons & Daughters of Liberty / boycott Stamp Act Congress More smuggling Ignore & smuggle Verbal protest Stamp Act, 1765 “Taxation without representation!”
  • 25. Townshend Acts, 1767Townshend Acts, 1767 1. We have to enforce the Navigation Acts more. 2. We must have the authority to search any building any time. (writs of assistance) 3. We will put taxes on all imported goods like lead, paper, glass and tea. 4. We will use the money earned to pay the salaries of our colonial officials. 5. We will not let any meetings take place at the New York Assembly.
  • 26. Samuel Adams steps it up…Samuel Adams steps it up…  Colonists felt theirColonists felt their rights were beingrights were being taken awaytaken away  Boycotts stir upBoycotts stir up againagain  British taxBritish tax collectors andcollectors and officials are stillofficials are still threatened.threatened.
  • 27. Violence Erupts in BostonViolence Erupts in Boston
  • 28. JOHN ADAMS Events of the TrialEvents of the Trial Governor Hutchinson orders troops to withdraw from the Boston City Captain Preston faces trial alone. 22 testified. Many state Preston did not give order.(Jury-12: 2 Boston, 5 Tories) Wemms, Hartigan, McCauley, White, Warren and Carroll stand trial together. Kilroy and Montgomery did fire into crowd. Found guilty of manslaughter. Both claimed to be clergy and were spared death penalty. Branding by fire was punishment. (seared thumbs) Montgomery later admitted to yelling “Damn you, Fire!” after being knocked to the ground.
  • 29. (TORIES) BEN FRANKLIN WILLIAM FRANKLIN I am indeed of opinion, that the parliament has no right to make any law whatever, binding on the colonies… I know your sentiments differ from mine on these subjects. You are a thorough government man, which I do not wonder at, not do I aim at converting you. I only wish to act uprightly and steadily.” I think that all laws until they are repealed ought to be obeyed and that is the duty of those who are entrusted with the executive part of government to see that they are so.” FATHER… …AND SON
  • 30. I wonder if the king has heard the news? Enough is enough! We are losing control! Repeal the acts! As you wish! However we still need to make money. Perhaps keep the tax on tea? Day #2 Stopping Point
  • 31. Tea Anyone?Tea Anyone? (3 years after(3 years after Boston Massacre)Boston Massacre) Forty to fifty men gathered at Griffin’s Wharf. Dressed as Indians and blackened in face with coal, they boarded the Dartmouth, Beaver and Eleanor. No harm was to come to any of the ships or the persons aboard her. 342 chests of tea had been emptied.
  • 32. TIME FOR A SONG? Tea Anyone?Tea Anyone?Perhaps Boston should pay back England for the tea they damaged? BEN FRANKLIN Day #2 Stopping Point
  • 33. Some threats and violence Currency Act, 1764 Navigation Acts 1660’s Proclamation of 1763 Sugar Act, 1764 Declaratory Act, 1766 Sons & Daughters of Liberty / boycott Stamp Act Congress More smuggling Ignore & smuggle Verbal protest Stamp Act, 1765 “Taxation without representation!” Townshend Acts, 1767 More boycotts Tea Act, 1773 Boston Tea Party Boston Massac re
  • 34. That was a great idea! Whatever!!!
  • 35. Intolerable Acts, 1774Intolerable Acts, 1774 1. Boston Harbor is hear by closed! 2. Colonists will quarter our British soldiers 3. We need to give more authority to our colonial governors and weaken their state legislatures. 4. All British officials accused of crimes will be on trial in England or in another colony Hmm…We’ll probably need more troops sent over to the colonies.
  • 36. GOVERNOR Searching homes, quartering troops, punishing cities? The Intolerable Acts redesigned colonial governments thus limiting voice (and power) within the colonies.
  • 39. The Colonies GatherThe Colonies Gather Repeal the Intolerable Acts!!! Our legislatures need to make laws, not Parliament! Halt all exports to England!!! Continue to boycott!!!!
  • 40. A Voice from VirginiaA Voice from VirginiaGentlemen may cry, peace, peace-but thereisnot peace. Thewar isactually begun! Thegalethat sweepsfrom thenorth will bring our earstheclash of resounding arms! Our brethren arealready in thefield! Why stand wehereidle? What isit that gentlemen wish? What would they have? Islifeso dear, or peaceso sweet, asto be purchased at thepriceof chainsand slavery? Forbid it, Almighty God! I know not what courseotherswill take: but asfor me, give me liberty, orgive me death!
  • 42. Some threats and violence An army is formed! Currency Act, 1764 Navigation Acts 1660’s Proclamation of 1763 Sugar Act, 1764 Declaratory Act, 1766 Sons & Daughters of Liberty / boycott Stamp Act Congress More smuggling Ignore & smuggle Verbal protest Stamp Act, 1765 “Taxation without representation!” Townshend Acts, 1767 More boycotts Tea Act, 1773 Boston Tea Party Boston Massac re Intolerable Acts, 1774 1st Continental Congress Committees of Correspondence Lexingto n & Concord
  • 43. ““The British are coming!”The British are coming!” THOMAS GAGE JOHN HANCOCK SAMUEL ADAMS
  • 44. Shot Heard Round the World!Shot Heard Round the World!
  • 45. It’s justIt’s just Common SenseCommon Sense In 1776, at the request of Benjamin Franklin, Thomas Paine, an English writer, came to America. He wrote a 47-page pamphlet which was later distributed in Philadelphia. 500,000 copies were sold in the colonies in a matter of months. Through his words, colonists began to see Great Britain in a new light.
  • 46. “There is something very absurd in supporting a continent to be perpetually [forever] governed by an island.” “I have heard it asserted by some, that as America hath flourished under her former connection with Great-Britain, that the same connection is necessary towards her future happiness, and will always have the same effect…“ Paine’s words spoke out against the abuse of British government. It would change the way colonists viewed British authority, but it would call for something new… independence. Paine’s words spoke out against the abuse of British government. It would change the way colonists viewed British authority, but it would call for something new… independence. “Nothing can be more fallacious than this kind of argument. We may as well assert that because a child has thrived upon milk, that it is never to have meat, or that the first twenty years of our lives is to become a precedent for the next twenty.”
  • 47. So what happens next?So what happens next?
  • 51. Some threats and violence An army is formed! Currency Act, 1764Navigation Acts 1660’s Proclamation of 1763 Sugar Act, 1764 Declaratory Act, 1766 Sons & Daughters of Liberty / boycott Stamp Act Congress More smuggling Ignore & smuggle Verbal protest Stamp Act, 1765 “Taxation without representation!” Townshend Acts, 1767 More boycotts Boston Tea Party Boston Massac re Intolerable Acts, 1774 1st Continental Congress Committees of Correspondence Navigation Acts 1660’s Proclamation of 1763 Sugar Act, 1764 Navigation Acts 1660’s Proclamation of 1763 Currency Act, 1764Navigation Acts 1660’s Proclamation of 1763 Declaratory Act, 1766 Currency Act, 1764Navigation Acts 1660’s Proclamation of 1763 Stamp Act, 1765 Declaratory Act, 1766 Currency Act, 1764Navigation Acts 1660’s Proclamation of 1763 Townshend Acts, 1767 Stamp Act, 1765 Declaratory Act, 1766 Currency Act, 1764Navigation Acts 1660’s Proclamation of 1763 Townshend Acts, 1767 Stamp Act, 1765 Declaratory Act, 1766 Currency Act, 1764Navigation Acts 1660’s Proclamation of 1763 Intolerable Acts, 1774 Townshend Acts, 1767 Declaratory Act, 1766 Currency Act, 1764Navigation Acts 1660’s Proclamation of 1763 Tea Act, 1773 Sugar Act, 1764 Stamp Act, 1765 Ignore & smuggle Verbal protest More smuggling Ignore & smuggle Verbal protest Stamp Act Congress More smuggling Ignore & smuggle Verbal protest Stamp Act Congress More smuggling Ignore & smuggle Verbal protest Stamp Act Congress More smuggling Ignore & smuggle Verbal protest “Taxation without representation!” Stamp Act Congress More smuggling Ignore & smuggle Verbal protest Sons & Daughters of Liberty / boycott “Taxation without representation!” Stamp Act Congress More smuggling Ignore & smuggle Verbal protest Some threats and violence Sons & Daughters of Liberty / boycott “Taxation without representation!” Stamp Act Congress More smuggling Ignore & smuggle Verbal protest An army is formed! Some threats and violence Sons & Daughters of Liberty / boycott “Taxation without representation!” Stamp Act Congress More smuggling Ignore & smuggle Verbal protest 1st Continental Congress An army is formed! Some threats and violence Sons & Daughters of Liberty / boycott “Taxation without representation!” Stamp Act Congress More smuggling Ignore & smuggle Verbal protest Boston Tea Party 1st Continental Congress An army is formed! Some threats and violence Sons & Daughters of Liberty / boycott “Taxation without representation!” Stamp Act Congress More smuggling Ignore & smuggle Verbal protest More boycotts Boston Tea Party 1st Continental Congress An army is formed! Some threats and violence Sons & Daughters of Liberty / boycott “Taxation without representation!” Stamp Act Congress More smuggling Ignore & smuggle Verbal protest Committees of Correspondenc e More boycotts Boston Tea Party 1st Continental Congress An army is formed! Some threats and violence Sons & Daughters of Liberty / boycott “Taxation without representation! ” Stamp Act Congress More smuggling Ignore & smuggle Verbal protest Boston Massacr e
  • 52. Questions for you and your neighbor…Questions for you and your neighbor…  Where did the British government makeWhere did the British government make its first mistake? (Push too hard?)its first mistake? (Push too hard?)  Did the colonies make any mistakes?Did the colonies make any mistakes? (Push too hard?)(Push too hard?)  At what point was there no turning back?At what point was there no turning back? (A break was going to happen…)(A break was going to happen…)  Was revolution inevitable? (Going toWas revolution inevitable? (Going to happen no matter what…)happen no matter what…)
  • 53. What have we covered so far?What have we covered so far? repealrepeal Proclamation of 1763Proclamation of 1763 Stamp ActStamp Act Sons & Daughters of LibertySons & Daughters of Liberty Townshend ActsTownshend Acts boycottboycott Intolerable ActsIntolerable Acts Samuel AdamsSamuel Adams Boston MassacreBoston Massacre Boston Tea PartyBoston Tea Party Lexington & ConcordLexington & Concord loyalists (Tories)loyalists (Tories) George WashingtonGeorge Washington Patrick HenryPatrick Henry Common SenseCommon Sense