1. US HISTORY SOME IMAGES AND INFO. BORROWED FROM SUSAN POJER THE ROAD TO REVOLUTION1763-1775

2. BOSTON MASSACRE, 1770

4. WAS THE AMERICAN REVOLUTION INEVITABLE?

5. INTRO. OF NEW THOUGHTS republicanism : Greek and Roman philosophy where a group elects an official, rather than hereditarily handed down, for the collective good of the community Radical Whigs: emergence of political party in England who fear the independence of the colonies. Mercantilism: theory that the wealth in the nation’s treasury represents the nation’s military and political power. Thomas Paine: Common Sense

6. LEGISLATION The Stamp Act of 1764 The Sugar Act of 1764 The Quartering Act of 1765 Stamp Act of Congress-1765 The Declaratory Act-1766 Townshend Acts-1767 Tea Act-1773 Intolerable Acts-1774 Quebec Acts-1774

7. TEA ACT-1773 British East India Co.: 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. North expected the cols. to eagerly choose the cheaper tea.

8. THE BOSTON TEA PARTY-1773

9. THE COERCIVE OR INTOLERABLE ACTS (1774) 1.Port Bill 2. Government Act 3.New Quartering Act 4.Administration of Justice Act Lord North

10. QUEBEC ACT-1774

11. Tar and Feathering SONS OF LIBERTY PUBLIC PUNISHMENT FOR THE EXCISE MAN, 1774

12. OFF THE COAST OF RHODE ISLAND THE GASPEE AFFAIR-1772

13. THE COMMITTEES OF CORRESPONDENCE What? Where? Why? Samuel Adams

14. 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.

15. THE MIDNIGHT RIDE OF PAUL REVERE- 1775 Paul Revere & William Dawes make their midnight ride to warn the Minutemen of approaching British soldiers.

16. THE SHOT HEARD ROUND THE WORLD Lexington & Concord – April 18,1775

17. SECOND CONTINENTAL CONGRESS- 1775 Olive Branch Petition

18. WAS THE REVOLUTION INEVITABLE?