1. Birth of a Nation AP United States History Unit 2

2. 1750

3. Ben Franklin’s “Join, or Die”

4. Andrew Burnaby, Anglican clergyman upon his visit to the colonies in 1760 …[F]or fire and water are not more heterogeneous than the different colonies in North America. Nothing can exceed the jealousy and emulation which they possess in regard to each other….In short…were they left to themselves there would soon be a civil war from one end of the continent to the other, while the Indians and Negros would…impatiently watch the opportunity of exterminating them all together.

5. 1763

7. Paxton Boys

8. Proclamation of 1763

9. King George III (r. 1760-1820)

10. Stamp Act (1765) George Grenville

11. Sons of Liberty Samuel Adams

12. Samuel Adams’ Circular Letter in response to the Townshend Duties It is, moreover, their [Mass. colonial assembly’s] humble opinion…that the acts made [by Parliament], imposing duties on the people of this province, with the sole and express purpose of raising a revenue, are infringements of their natural and constitutional rights; because, as they are not represented in the British Parliament, his Majesty's Commons in Britain, by those acts, grant their property without their consent. This House further are of opinion, that their constituents, considering their local circumstances, cannot, by any possibility, be represented in the Parliament; and that it will forever be impracticable, that they should be equally represented there, and consequently, not at all; being separated by an ocean of a thousand leagues….

13. Samuel Adams’ Circular Letter in response to the Townshend Duties [Previous kings] form[ed] a subordinate legislature here, that their subjects might enjoy the unalienable right of a representation…[and]… considering the utter impracticability of their ever being fully and equally represented in Parliament …[and] this House think that a taxation of their constituents, even without their consent, grievous as it is, would be preferable to any representation that could be admitted for them there.

14. Revere’s “Boston Massacre”

15. Crispus Attucks

17. Burning the Gaspee

18. Boston Tea Party

19. Coercive (“Intolerable”) Acts closed the port of Boston put the colony under strict royal control and limited its self-government allowed accused British officials to be tried in other colonies or Britain permitted the housing of British troops in colonists’ homes and other buildings Quebec Act (?)

20. Quebec Act (1774)

21. Lexington Green (1775)

22. Ralph Waldo Emerson’s “Concord Hymn” (1836) By the rude bridge that arched the flood Their flag to April's breeze unfurled Here once the embattled farmers stood And fired the shot heard round the world.

23. Too Late to Apologize: A Declaration Halfway across the globe And we're standing on new ground Screaming 'cross the waves You can't hear a sound There's no fair trials, no trade, no liberties No tea We've colonized America; we won't stand for tyranny, Oh king And it's too late to apologize It's too late I said it's too late to apologize It's too late We've paid your foolish tax, read the acts And they just won't do We want to make it clear, we believe this much is true All men were created with certain Unalienable rights Among these are life, liberty, and the pursuit Of happiness And it's too late to apologize It's too late I said It's too late to apologize It's too late Halfway across the globe And we're standing on new ground Too Late to Apologize: A Declaration (3:22)