The Road to Revolution: (1770-1776)
Was the American Revolution Inevitable??
Salutary Neglect
FRENCH A ND INDIAN WAR 7 years war
1754 Albany Plan of Union Benjamin Franklin’s early attempt to join colonies together.
1754 The First Clash The Ohio Valley British French Fort Necessity Fort Duquesne * George Washington * Delaware & Shawnee Indians
Proclamation of 1763 Settling west of the Appalachian Mountains was forbidden by the British.
Sugar Act
Currency Act
The Gaspee Incident (1772) Providence, RI coast
Committees of Correspondence
NO TAXATION WITHOUT REPRESENTATION
Stamp Act
Quartering Act
Sons of Liberty
Tar and Feathering
Townshend Acts
The Boston Massacre (March 5,1770)
Writs of assistance
Tea Act
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.
Boston Tea Party (1775)
Intolerable Acts
The Quebec Act (1774)
First Continental Congress
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 British Are Coming . . . Paul Revere & William Dawes make their midnight ride to warn the Minutemen of approaching British soldiers.
The Shot Heard ’Round the World! Lexington & Concord – April 18,1775
Second Continental Congress
The Second Continental Congress (1775) Olive Branch Petition
John Peter Zenger Case
Thomas Paine: Common Sense
Common Sense 50 page pamphlet attacking King George III Independence was our American destiny Sold 500,000 copies Got the colonist stirred up!!!
Declaration of Independence July 4th 1776 Written by Thomas Jefferson Let the British know the American colonies was on their own
Declaration of Independence (1776)
George Washington Lead the American Army to victory in the Revolutionary War
Military Strategies The Americans The British Attrition [the Brits had a long supply line]. Guerilla tactics [fight an insurgent war you don’t have to win a battle, just wear the British down] Make an alliance with one of Britain’s enemies. Break the colonies in half by getting between the No. & the So. Blockade the ports to prevent the flow of goods and supplies from an ally. “Divide and Conquer” use the Loyalists.
Washington Crossing the Delaware Painted by Emanuel Leutze, 1851
Which side would you be on? Loyalists: People who stayed loyal to the British during the war Patriots: wanted their independence from Britain
Cornwallis’ Surrender at Yorktown: “The World Turned Upside Down!” Painted by John Trumbull, 1797
Treaty of Paris 1783 Confirmed US independence and set boundaries Peace treaty
North America After the Treaty of Paris, 1783
Shays’ Rebellion: 1786-7 Farmers angry about coming back from war and being in debt because of taxes. Significance: Made Founding Fathers realize they needed to write some kind of constitution. What is a constitution?