1. Chapter 5 The American Revolution, 1763–1783

2.  Consolidating the Empire  Cost of the Seven Years’ War led Great Britain to make Colonists share in its costs  Taxing the Colonies  Before war:  Navigation Acts  Colonists simply ignored them  During the war  Equals  After the war:  Subordinates  Seemed only fair that Americans follow Navigations Acts, help reduce war debt, and pay for continued British protection  Virtual Representation THE CRISIS BEGINS

3.  The Stamp Act Crisis  1765  Directly taxed the colonists  All printed matter produced in the colonies had to carry a stamp  Newspapers  Books  Court docs  Taxation and Representation  Affected nearly every colonist, many of whom felt -  The law was passed w/o consent  It paid for unnecessary British troop presence  Infringed on traditional English liberties  Stamp Act Congress (1765)  Reaffirmed Americans loyalty to Great Britain while insisting on right to consent to taxation  Parliament viewed as enemy, not safeguard THE CRISIS BEGINS

4.  Liberty and Resistance  Liberty Trees/ Poles  Committees formed and communicated to prevent Stamp Acts implementation  Inspired by earlier protests of the Sugar and Currency Acts  Politics in the Streets  New York & Boston saw huge crowds  Son’s of Liberty:  Repealed in 1766  Declaratory Act (1766): THE CRISIS BEGINS

5.  Internal turmoil in colonies  The Regulators  South Carolina & North Carolina  Western backcountry disputes  The Tenant Uprising  Tenants in New York stopped paying rent and briefly sized land  This temporarily led colonial elites to fear resisting British imperial power THE CRISIS BEGINS

6.  The Townshend Crisis  1767  New round of taxes  Lead to colonial boycott on British goods in Boston, then spread  Homespun Virtue  Spun own clothing THE ROAD TO REVOLUTION

7.  The Boston Massacre  March 5 th, 1770  Royal British troops stationed in Boston since 1768*  5 colonists died, including a free African American = Crispus Attucks  John Adams defended the accused soldiers  Paul Revere and others helped stir up the pot Propaganda!  Eventually led to the removal of troops from Boston and the repeal of all taxes, except on Tea  Wilkes and Liberty  Radical journalist within Britain who was Kicked out of Parliament  Furthered worried Colonists THE ROAD TO REVOLUTION

8.  The Tea Act  Extremely popular among all social classes  Tax remained after the Townshend Crisis  Boston Tea Party (1773)  The Intolerable Acts  Parliaments Response to the Tea Party  Closed the port of Boston  Allowed soldiers to be housed in colonists’ private homes  Passed Quebec Act  Extended Canada’s border  The Takeaway –  The THREAT TO LIBERTY IS BECOMING REAL THE ROAD TO REVOLUTION

9.  The Continental Congress  Philadelphia (1774)  All except Georgia  Patrick Henry “Give Me Liberty, or Give Me Death!”  The Continental Association  Linked colonies  Se the foundation for revolution THE COMING OF INDEPENDENCE

10.  The Sweets of Liberty  Idea of liberty being used against Britain itself!  The Outbreak of War  Lexington and Concord  “The Shot Heard Around the World”  Independence?  Not a consensus!  Loyalists, moderates, and patriots  1/5 2/5 2/5 THE COMING OF INDEPENDENCE