Chapter 7 APUSH Lecture

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1 Chapter 7 APUSH Lecture

2 Students will be able to clearly explain how Britain and its colonies viewed their joint victory over France in the Seven Years War. evaluate how colonial resistance to the Stamp Act differed from earlier opposition to British imperial measures. analyze the ways in which resistance to the Townshend duties differed from earlier colonial resistance efforts. debate the ways in which colonial views of parliamentary authority changed after identify the specific events that led most colonists, in 1776, to abandon their loyalty to Britain and choose national independence.

What is the reaction of the British government to the Boston Tea Party? Britain was upset with colonists Britain/Parliament are now DETERMINED to stop all colonial insubordination!

3 What is the reaction of the British government to the Boston Tea Party? Britain was upset with colonists Britain/Parliament are now DETERMINED to stop all colonial insubordination! What is the colonial response? Colonial leaders responded with equal determination to defend selfgovernment and liberty The British Empire and its American colonies were on a collusion course! By the spring of 1775 VIOLENCE will break out When will the colonists declare independence? The colonists hesitated for a moment to lose this battle would mean DEATH for everyone involved!

4 There were a total of 4 Coercive Acts and the Quebec Act 1st Coercive Act Boston Port Bill Navy was to close the Boston harbor by June 1 if the tea destroyed in the Tea Party was repaid 2nd Coercive Act Massachusetts Government Act Revoked Massachusetts charter Restructured the government to make it less democratic 3rd Coercive Act Administration of Justice Act Permitted any person charged with murder while enforcing royal authority in Mass. to be tried in England 4th Coercive Act New Quartering Act Allowed the governor to requisition empty private buildings for housing troops

5 Quebec Act Declared Roman Catholicism as Quebec s official religion Gave Quebec s governors sweeping powers but established no legislature Did not use juries for property disputes Expanded Quebec s territory south to the Ohio River and west to the Mississippi River Anglo-Americans believed Britain was plotting to abolish traditional English liberties throughout North America British meant to punish Massachusetts (Boston) with the Intolerable Acts ; but pushed most colonies to the brink of rebellion Of the 27 reasons justifying the break from Great Britain in the Declaration of Independence, 6 dealt with the Intolerable Acts

How do the colonists respond to the Intolerable Acts? all the colonies except Georgia sent representatives to a continental congress in Philadelphia What does this group do?

7 How do the colonists respond to the Intolerable Acts? all the colonies except Georgia sent representatives to a continental congress in Philadelphia What does this group do? Approved the Suffolk Resolves Advised colonials to begin arming themselves against attacks by royal troops Created the Continental Association Enforce a total cutoff of trade with England and the British West Indies Sent a Declaration of Rights to George III Begged him to dismiss the ministers responsible for the Coercive Acts

8 How do you prepare to fight the largest empire on the planet? Committees of the Continental Association coerced wavering colonists into cooperating with the trade ban. Loyalists (Tories) were intimidated Volunteer militias (minutemen) drilled and prepared for war Extralegal congresses met and tried to supplant the existing colonial assemblies headed by royal governors April 19, 1775 General Gage dispatched 700 soldiers to Lexington and Concord Objectives: seize weapon stockpiles and arrest key patriotic leaders William Dawes and Paul Revere challenged the redcoats arriving from Boston 1st fighting of the Revolution broke out As news of the battles at Lexington and Concord spread, 20,000 New Englanders rushed to besiege Boston and oust the English The British defeated the colonials and Breed s (Bunker) Hill but suffered heavy casualties in doing so

The Second Continental Congress Philadelphia, May 10, 1775 Majority

Branch Petition Pleading for a cease-fire at Boston Repeal of the

Second Continental Congress established an American continental army

9 The Second Continental Congress Philadelphia, May 10, 1775 Majority of delegates still hoped for reconciliation with England The Olive Branch Petition Pleading for a cease-fire at Boston Repeal of the Coercive Acts Negotiations to establish American rights How does Britain Respond? They ignored the plea!!! December 1775: Britain declared the colonists in rebellion The Second Continental Congress established an American continental army and appointed George Washington to command it Again, the colonists were not ready to declare independence

10 Colonists actually wanted some sort of reconciliation even John Adams! Loyalty to the king and hopes that he would restrain irritated ministers and members of Parliament lingered on through the summer and fall of 1775 What will cause loyalty to the Crown to disappear? Thomas Paine s Common Sense published in January 1776 How could a work of literature challenge the Crown? Paine argued that monarchy was a corrupt, repressive institution Americans should shun monarchy Americans should take the opportunity to create a new kind of nation based on republican liberty

The colonists formed the Continental Congress to act as a government during the American Revolution.

Ch. 2 Sec. 2 The colonists formed the Continental Congress to act as a government during the American Revolution. Massachusetts Defies Britain (cont.) To intercept smugglers, the British sent customs ships