1. Create a thesis statement
Assess the validity of the statement that the French and Indian War caused the American Revolution.

2. Part 1, Section 7
The Road to Revolution

3. Before We Begin
Where is the Unit going?
Why is it important?

4. Grievances – Short List
Mercantilist Policies
Navigation Laws
Stamp Act
Sugar Act
Tea Act

5. Two Important Ideas Republicanism Radical Whig ideology
Greece and Rome
Representative
Common Good over Self Interest
Radical Whig ideology
Monarchy too Strong
Attack Corruption

6. What is Mercantilism? Power derived from wealth
Export more than import
Colonies provide materials and market

7. Lead In To Taxes
Debt
Enforcement

8. Mercantilism in Effect
Loosely Enforced – Salutory Neglect
Benefits
Prices and monopolies
Burdens
Dependency
Debasing

9. Quartering Act
1765
Quartering Soldiers

10. Stamp Tax
1765
Raise revenue for new military
What did it cover?

11. Grenville Prime Minister Taxes lighter than England Admiralty Courts
Guilty until proven innocent
No jury

12. Protests Point of Protection? Army is to keep colonists in line.
“No taxation w/o representation”
For real for real?
Legislation vs. Taxation

13. Stamp Act Repealed Stamp Act Congress Nonimportation Agreements
Sons (and Daughters) of Liberty
Hits England

14. Declaratory Act England couldn’t understand 1766
Claimed absolute sovereignty over America

15. Townshend Acts
Light import tax
Used to pay salaries
Smugglers

16. Day 2
Part 1.7 Cont’d

17. Boston Massacre Troops landed 1768 Colonists taunted 1770
Crowd threw snowballs
Fired w/o orders, 11 casualties
John Adams defense attorney

18. Committees of Correspondance
Townshend Acts Repealled
Nav Laws enforced
Samuel Adams
Committees 1772
Spread Resistance
Intercolonial Committee

19. Boston – Resistance Central
Cheap prices breaking nonimportation agreements.
British East India Company
Demonstrations
Philly, Annapolis, NYC
In Boston
Disguised as Indians
Tea Party

20. Intolerable Acts 1774 Boston Port Act Chartered Rights lost
New Quartering Act
Aided by other colonies.

21. The Quebec Act
1774
Upset Americans
Suppressing self-gov’t and juries

22. Lexington and Concord Meant to seize gunpowder and leaders
Lexington – too slow to disperse
Concord
“Shot heard round the world”
Redcoat Retreat
70 Redcoats killed, 200+ wounded
What is a casualty?

23. Continental Congress 1774 – Philly
Sam Adams, John Adams, Patrick Henry, George Washington.
Social events after convention to ease friction

24. The Association Complete Boycott Not Independence Rejected Petitions
Gathering Arms

25. Battle of Lexington and Concord

26. Imperial Strengths Wealth Numbers Military Indian Allies Hessians
Loyalists

27. Imperial Weaknesses Ireland France Poor organization Reluctant to kill
Whigs rooted for Americans
Second Rate Officers
Distance
Restoring Status Quo Not an Option
No Urban Nerve

28. American Strengths Leadership Self-Sustaining Ag Moral Conviction
Washington, Franklin, Marquis de Lafayette
Self-Sustaining Ag
Moral Conviction
Only had to not lose to win…

29. American Weaknesses Disorganization Regional Distrust
Paper “Continental” Money
Inflation and Bankruptcy

30. Historical Bias

31. Wrap Up What is a City on a Hill
Does the US act like it is a City on a Hill? Why or why not?