1. THE ROAD TO REVOLUTION 1754-1774

2. F&I WAR  Britain wins  Britain gains land  Need cash  France & Spain no longer a problem

3. HERE COME THE TAXES  Salutary Neglect ends/Sugar Act begins (indirect tax)  Colonists do not believe Parliament has a right to tax only their colonial governments  Stamp Act (direct tax) brought about “No taxation without representation” (James Otis)  No voice/representation in Parliament

4. HERE COME THE TAXES  Colonists have their own Stamp Act Congress  Colonists boycott/protest and form Sons and Daughters of Liberty  Townshend Duties (taxed paper, paint, tea, lead, glass) colonists refused to pay - boycott ended all but tea tax  Tea Act – monopoly on tea sales East India Company

5. HERE COMES BIG PAPA  Dec. 1773 Boston Tea Party  1774 Intolerable Acts to punish Boston (1. closed harbor, 2. cancelled Mass. Charter, 3. moved trials, 4. Quartering Act)  Writs of Assistance (unlimited search warrants)

6. SC’S REACTION  1774 Representatives met in Charles Town to elect reps John & Edward Rutledge, Thomas Lynch, Henry Middleton, Christopher Gadsden for Continental Congress in PhiladelphiaJohn Edward RutledgeThomas LynchHenry Middleton Christopher Gadsden  Created General Committee of 99 to rule colony instead of Royal Governor

7. FIRST CONTINENTAL CONGRESS  Sept.1774 met in Philadelphia, PA  Henry Middleton (SC) elected President of Congress  Gadsden urges for independence (few supporters)  Decide on non-importation and non-exportation agreement  SC could still export rice  Agreed to meet next May if Intolerable Acts not repealed (too late)  SC readied their militia