These Intolerable Acts are NOT COOL bro. Intolerable Acts -Parliament passes Coercive Act to punish Boston -Colonists called it the Intolerable acts -closed Boston harbor -suspended basic civil rights -housed troops in peoples homes -Committees of Correspondence begin
1 st Continental Congress THIS IS A MEETING! -Committees of Correspondence this group had been communicating with other colonies -militias begin to form minutemen -after Intolerable Acts they call for a meeting -late 1774 1st meeting held in Philadelphia -discussed rights of colonies -agreed to meet again in 1 year Write what is underlined to the left Met from Sept. 5 to Oct. 26, 1774: protest the Intolerable Acts All colonies sent reps except Georgia. Leaders included Samuel Adams and John Adams of Massachusetts George Washington and Patrick Henry of Virginia. They voted to cut off colonial trade with England unless Parliament abolished the Intolerable Acts. Advised colonies to begin training their citizens for war. They also attempted to define America's rights, place limits on Parliament's power, and agree on tactics for resisting the aggressive acts of the English Government.
Lexington and Concord -April 1775 -British try to seize weapons stored in Concord The British are coming, the British are coming! Oh crap! -Paul Revere, William Dawes, Samuel Prescott warn colonists -minutemen met British at Lexington -shots fired and colonists killed - shot heard around the world -colonist conduct guerilla battle along road to Concord http://www.flocabulary.com/americanrevolution/
2 nd Continental Congress -May 10 th 1775 Who s here? Sam Adams, Patrick Henry, John Hancock John Adams, Benjamin Franklin, and George Washington. -called for an army and appointed George Washington as leader -some talk of compromise and some of independence Some wanted to declare America independent immediately; some wanted to avoid war at all costs. Congress established a Continental army and appointed George Washington as commander-in-chief. In an effort to bring peace they wrote the The Olive Branch Petition. But a WAR is beginning We are Britain s future. Let s have peace England is asking for a butt whooping
-June 1775 Bunker Hill -Colonists take hill overlooking Boston (Breed s Hill) -British charge the hill 3 times until colonists run out of ammo -lots of casualties -deadliest battle of war -proved colonists could compete with the British army in certain situations
-July 1775 Olive Branch -2nd Continental Congress sends King George a petition to return to the peace of the past: Olive Branch Petition Was an attempt to avoid war w/britain. You ve got to be kidding me? I am not reading this. The colonies can t do anything. I own them -he refuses the petition and urges the rebellion put down
Common Sense -many colonists had loyalties that were strong to Britain -Loyalists: those who remained loyal to the King and the British akatories Lead, follow or get out of the way -Patriots those who supported the move for independence risked everything because they could be hung as traitors -Common Sense -pamphlet that urges independence for the colonies -WRITTEN BY: Thomas Paine in Jan. 1776 **Sold over 100,000 copies
Declaration of Independence -June 1776 Congress was debating Independence Richard Henry Lee- Virginian who proposed this idea on June 7 th 1776 The Lee Resolution, also known as the Resolution of Independence, was an act of the Second Continental Congress declaring the colonies to be independent of the British Empire -June 11 th : Committee appointed to begin work on formal document -meant to explain the reasons for independence -mostly written by Thomas Jefferson- Approved on July 2 nd /4th 1776 and printed in the Penn Gazette -Congress edited the final draft Independence Day= July 4 th, 1776
Concepts in the Declaration -Jefferson took ideas from many Enlightenment thinkers -Natural Rights and Social Contract from John Locke -All men are created equal -Listed specific reasons for our independence -Grievances against King George III and the British Parliament -Does not describe any particular form of government for the new nation
Eternal Statement/American Beliefs -We hold these truths to be self evident, that all men are created equal, that they are endowed by their creator with certain unalienable rights, that among these are life, liberty, and the pursuit of happiness. That to secure these rights governments are instituted among men, deriving their just powers from the consent of the governed; that whenever any form of government becomes destructive of these ends, it is the right of the people to alter or to abolish it.
Choosing Sides -Loyalists those who remained loyal to the King and the British often called Tories -Patriots those who supported the move for independence risked everything because they could be hung as traitors -Undecided As many as a third of the colonists were undecided as to whether independence or remaining part of England was the best decision
Colonial Anger Gauge of Acts and Taxes What? ---- You are creating a flow map of the events during this time and the Acts passed by Great Britain. How? ----This flow map needs be drawn in a creative way to measure the colonial responses to the events and the acts passed by Parliament
Correct order/dates of events Navigation Acts Stamp Act Townshend Act French and Indian War Proclamation Line Boston Tea Party Intolerable Acts Boston Massacre Albany Plan Tea Act Declaratory Act
Colonial Anger Gauge of Acts and Taxes HONORS EXTENSIONS Short explanation (in own words) of act, tax, or event Picture or symbol to represent each act, tax or event