EVENTS LEAD to WAR

Pre-Game F Triangle Trade Navigation Acts F Salutary Neglect (self-rule) F French & Indian War F Albany Plan / Congress (NO cooperation) F AFTER THE WAR!!!!!!!!! 1 st Quarter F Proclamation of 1763 F Sugar/Quartering/Stamp F Patrick Henry (others) F Stamp Act Congress F Sons /Daughters of Liberty F Boycotts F Stamp Act Repealed 2 nd Quarter F Declaratory Act (king) F Townshend Acts F (Americans Respond) –Public Actions F Samuel Adams / others Open Articles F Protests (Open) F Boston Massacre -Crispus Attucks F Committees of Correspondence

3 rd Quarter F Lord North F Gaspee Affair F Boston Tea Party - East India Co. F 1774 Intolerable Acts F Gen. Gage “Martial Law” F 1st Continental Congress F 1st Bloodshed- Lexington & Concord F 4 th Quarter F 2nd Continental Congress F Siege of BOSTON F Ft. Ticonderoga -Ethan Allen & Green Mtn. F Bunker Hill F Olive Branch Petition F Thomas Paines COMMON SENSE F Declaration of Independence F NEW BALLGAME F THE REVOLUTIONARY WAR BEGINS

Ch. 4 – 1: CLASS NOTES “Events Lead to WAR”

How We Went from : Loyal British Subjects to FIGHTING FOR INDEPENDENCE Pre-Game ( The FRENCH & INDIAN WAR ) We change – They change 1 st Qtr (FAIR) (Quiet – Boycott) 2 nd Qtr (FIRM) (Louder – Violent) 3 rd Qtr (NICE) (Stay Stirred Up) 4 th Qtr (HARD) (Defend Ourselves) Declare WAR *NEW BALLGAME ( Declare WAR ) NO Gov’t, No Army-Navy, NO Money, NO Majority Support for War -30%

Pre-Game Triangle Trade Navigation Acts Salutary Neglect (Lenient Self-Rule) French & Indian War Albany Plan / Congress (NO cooperation) AFTER THE WAR!!!!!!!!! 1 st Quarter Proclamation of 1763 Sugar/Quartering/Stamp Patrick Henry (others) Stamp Act Congress Sons /Daughters of Liberty Boycotts Stamp Act Repealed 2 nd Quarter Declaratory Act (king) Townshend Acts (Americans Respond) Public Actions Samuel Adams / others Open Articles Protests (Open) Boston Massacre -Crispus Attucks

3 rd Quarter Lord North Committees of Correspondence Gaspee Affair Boston Tea Party - East India Co. 4 th Quarter 1774 Intolerable Acts Gen. Gage “Martial Law” 1st Continental Congress 1st Bloodshed- Lexington & Concord 2nd Continental Congress Olive Branch Petition Siege of BOSTON Ft. Ticonderoga -Ethan Allen & Green Mtn. Bunker Hill Thomas Paines COMMON SENSE Declaration of Independence NEW BALLGAME REVOLUTIONARY WAR BEGINS

Britain sends Troops/Taxes F Navigation Acts (1660 ) F SMUGGLING EVERYWHERE F Royal Proclamation of 1763 F SUGAR ACT F 1765 F -STAMP ACT -QUARTERING ACT F PATRICK HENRY ( 7 resolutions ) –NO Taxation W/O Representation F Samuel Adams

ORGANIZED RESISTANCE F SONS/DAUGHTER OF LIBERTY –Samuel Adams F BOYCOT or NONIMPORTATION F Stamp Act Congress –John Adams (9) 1765 F MARCH 1766 STAMP ACT REPEALED “DECLARATORY ACT” Parliament and the King have the FULL RIGHT to TAX the colonies

RESISTANCE CONTINUES ’67 TOWNSHEND ACTS –Indirect Taxes/Duties F American Responses F 1768 Liberty seized –John Hancock F PUBLIC ARTICLES –SAMUEL ADAMS Crispus Attucks F March 1770 Boston Massacre - Crispus Attucks

TENSIONS CONTINUE F NORTH F GASPEE AFFAIR F COMMITTEES OF CORRESPONDENCE “threats to liberty” F British East India Co. –Tea Monopoly F Tea Act (free of tax) F Dec Boston Tea Party F 1774 PASSES INTOLERABLE ACTS

“AMERICANS” REACT  GEN. GAGE declares MARTIAL LAW in Boston F 1ST (SEPT/1774) CONTINENTAL CONGRESS F APRIL 19, 1775 F LEXINGTON & CONCORDE “shot heard ‘round the WORLD”

“ FIRST BLOODSHED “

*Siege of Boston* ____________________ 2nd Continental Congress

Military ActionsPeace Actions * Siege of BOSTON * Ft. Ticonderoga * Bunker Hill * Peace Delegations * Olive Branch Petition

After Lexington & Concord  Siege of Boston  20,000 Troops  Fort Ticonderoga  Ethan Allen & Green Mtn. Boys  Cannons for the Siege  Burgoyne, Clinton & Howe  Battle of Bunker Hill  Breed’s Hill

Fort Ticonderoga Battle of Bunker Hill Thomas Paine Declaration of Independence

* SQR-3 Reading Notes Chapter IDEAS INFLUENCE INDEPENDENCE and the Last Events Leading to Revolution * The Declaration of Independence (pg. 109)

IDEAS that INFLUENCE DECLARING INDEPENDENCE 1215 Magna Carta - “Limits Power of the KING” 1689 English Bill of Rights Age of Enlightenment IDEAS GROW-SPREAD

New Ideas Spread F John Locke Natural Rights (1689) –GOD gave people rights (pyramid) F Iiteracy - America vs. Europe (protestant) F What made the Am. colonies different? F 1- English History –Magna Carta (limited the power of the King) –Charter ( Salutary Neglect) “Self-Rule” F 2- Puritans (beliefs & traditions) –Religion & Education King (God) The people (to serve) People (God) The King (to serve)

F Education Expands (Great Awakening) –Harvard, William & Mary, Yale, Princeton, Columbia, Penn., Brown, Rutgers (Ivy League) F Written Word –Almanacs –Newspapers –Pamphlets  John Peter Zenger Trial - Precedent –(Freedom of Press) 1734

Ideas Behind the Revolution F Thomas Paine “Common Sense” –500,000 copies (47 page pamphlet) F Declaration of Independence

Reasons Encourage Declaration of Independence Treatment of War Prisoners v. Traitors Military confidence from Early Incidents Lexington/Concord Siege of Boston Ft. Ticonderoga Bunker Hill Colonists Angry British use of “mercenaries” John Locke, Thomas Pains & others Ideas Common Sense Financial Advantages Trade/Commerce American Destiny “Better Society”

May nd Continental Congress Richard Henry Lee - “ These United Colonies are, and of a right ought to be, free and independent states” John Adams(Ma) Thomas Jefferson(Va) Benjamin Franklin(Pn) Robert Livingston(NY) Roger Sherman(C) “SLAVERY PARAGRAPH” Abigail Adams ( women’s rights )

Basic Ideas of the “Declaration of Independence”  1. Introduction  2. Democratic Philosophy of Govern  3. List of Grievances w/ England  4. Conclusion

1. Introduction  -”decided to dissolve the political bonds which have connected them with England & to declare Independence”  declare to the world the reasons they are seperating from Britian”

2. Democratic Philosophy  “All men are created equal, endowed by their creator with certain inalienable rights”  GOD gave us rights  “To secure these rights, gov’t is constituted & derive their powers from the consent of the governed”  Gov’t must protect those rights  “Whenever gov’t does not follow it’s social contract, people have the right to abolish it  People have the right to change the government if it doesn’t protect those rights

Basic Ideas of the “Declaration of Independ.”  1. Introduction  2. Democratic Philosophy of Govern List of Grievances w/ England  3. List of Grievances w/ England  LONG LIST of wrongs from the KING  Excuse WHY we are declaring Independence  4. Conclusion

BRITISH + NAVY (LARGE) FACTORIES ENGINEERS NONCOMMISSION OFFICERS CENTRAL GOV’T WEALTH SUPPORT at Home - SHORT TROOPS (MERCENARIES) -Hessians 3,000 M ILES UNFAMILIAR GROUND SMOOTHBORE WEAPONS

AMERICANS + Idealistic “Cause” Familiar Ground –Warfare Tactics –Rifles Foreign Support - NO Navy NO Organized Military NO Central Gov’t NO Finances