The Road to Revolution Was it inevitable?
QUESTION: Are the colonists ungrateful whiners or are they standing up for their rights?
SALUTARY NEGLECT FRENCH AND INDIAN WAR ENDS 1763 France gives up all territory in N. Am, Spain weak, England becomes the most powerful country in N. America --ENGLAND BROKE MOLASSES ACT --PROCLAMATION OF 1763 Kept colonists from settling west of the Appalachian Mts. to keep the colonists from attacking/killing the Native Am.
Mercantilism-DEFINE A COUNTRY MUST EXPORT MORE THAN IT IMPORTS- REASON FOR COLONIES ECONOMIC WEALTH IS MEASURED BY GOLD AND SILVER NAVIGATION ACTS WHAT IS THE PURPOSE CONTROL TRADE WITH THE COLONIES, FIRST NAV. LAWS PASSED AGAINST THE NETHERLANDS-1650
Ben Franklin said We have an old mother that peevish is grown; She snubs like children that scarce walk alone; She forgets we re grown up and have sense to our own. Revolution will come because Britain did not recognize this
REPUBLICANISM The idea that citizens gave up their selfish interests for the common good of the country Citizens are self-sufficient, sufficient, have courage, and are involved civically. Against the monarchy and corruption
PRIME MINISTER GEORGE GREENVILLE ENFORCES THE NAVIGATION ACTS SUGAR ACT 1764FIRST LAW TO RAISE TAX REVENUE DUTY (TAX) ON SUGAR IMPORTED COLONISTS COMPLAIN DUTIES LOWERED
QUARTERING ACT OF 1765 CERTAIN COLONIES HAVE TO PROVIDE FOOD AND QUARTERS TO BRITISH TROOPS COLONIST COMPLAIN SOME COLONIAL ASSEMBLIES REFUSE TO PAY
STAMP ACT OF 1765 STAMPS WERE ATTACHED TO PAPER PRODUCTS TO CERTIFY PAYMENT OF TAX --NEWSPAPERS, PLAYING CARDS, LEGAL DOCUMENTS, MARRIAGE LICENSES --OFFENDERS TRIED IN ADMIRALTY COURTS NO JURIES GUILTY UNTIL PROVEN INNOCENT --COLONISTS SAY NO TAXATION WITHOUT REPRESENTATION
GREENVILLE CLAIMED VIRTUAL REPRESENTATION EVERY MEMBER OF PARILIAMENT REPRESENTED ALL BRITISH SUBJECT ---SMART COLONITS DON T WANT NTWR (WHY) American representatives would be out numbered in Parliament (what would that lead to?) Have to pay higher taxes
NINE COLONIES MEET-27 DELEGATES CALLED THE STAMP ACT CONGRESS --ORGANIZED BOYCOTT OF BRITISH GOODS --SOME VIOLENCE, SONS OF LIBERTY, DAUGHTERS OF LIBERTY --TAR AND FEATHERS, RANSACKED HOMES, STOLE MONEY, HUNG EFFIGIES OF THE STAMP AGENTS
Tar and Feathering
7.5 MILLION BRITONS PAY TAXES TO PROTECT THE COLONIES- 2 MIL COLONISTS WON T PAY 1/3 OF THE COST OF DEFENSE ALL TAX AGENTS RESIGN NO NO ONE TO COLLECT TAX 1766 PARLIAMENT REPEALS THE STAMP ACT
PARLIAMENT IMMEDIATELY PASSES THE DECLARATORY ACT--1766 PARLIAMENT HAS THE RIGHT TO TO BIND THE COLONIES IN ALL CASES WHAT SO EVER
1767 PARLIAMENT PASSES THE TOWNSEND ACT TAX ON LEAD, PAPER, TEA, AND PAINT INDIRECT TAX TAX INCLUDED IN THE PRICE PARLIAMENT SUSPENDS THE LEGISLATURE OF NEW YORK FOR NOT COMPLYING WITH THE QUARTERING ACT-1767
COLONISTS SMUGGLE GOODS, ESPECIALLY IN MASSACHUSETTS ENGLAND SENDS TROOPS TO BOSTON IN 1768 BOSTON MASSACRE--1770
TWO VIEWS OF THE BOSTON MASSACRE PROPAGANDA CRISPUS ATTUCKS AS AN AMERICAN MARTYR JOHN ADAMS REPRESENTS THE SOLDIERS IN COURT AND ONLY 2 FOUND GUILTY
TOWNSEND ACTS DON T PRODUCE REVUENUE --WHY? PARLIAMENT REPEALS TOWNSEND ACTS EXCEPT ON TEA- WHY? 1772 SAMUAL ADAMS DEVELOPS LOCAL COMMITEES OF CORRESPONDENCE WHICH LEADS TO INTERCOLONIAL COMMITTEES OF CORRESPONDENCE-1773
The Gaspe Incident Providence, RI coast
Burning of the Gaspee
1773-EAST INDIA COMPANY HAS 17 MIL. POUNDS OF UNSOLD TEA PARLIAMENT GIVES TEA MONOPOLY TO EIC LOWERS PRICE OF TEA AMERICANS ANGRY-TRICK TO PAY THE TAX PRINCIPAL OVER PRICE AMERICANS TURN AWAY THE SHIPS FROM THE PORTS
MASS. GOVERNOR ORDERS THE UNLOADING OF THE TEA SHIPS DEC. 16, 1773- INDIANS DUMP 342 CHESTS OF TEA IN TO THE BOSTON HARBOR WERE THE INDIANS TERRORISTS? WHY OR WHY NOT
THE ROAD TO REVOLUTION
1774- PARILIAMENT PASSES THE INTOLERABLE ACTS NEW QUARTERING ACT CLOSED BOSTON HARBOR UNTIL DAMAGES PAID BRITISH OFFICIALS WHO KILL COLONISTS WOULD HAVE THEIR TRAIL IN ENGLAND
QUEBEC ACT QUEBEC ACT RELIGIOUS FREEDOM FOR 60,000 FRENCH NO ELECTED ASSEMBLIES NO TRIAL BY JURY
FIRST CONTINENTAL CONGRESS SEPT. 5-OCT. 26 1774 IN PHILADELPHIA 12 OF THE 13 COLONIES Key Quote: The distinctions between Virginians, Pennsylvanians, New Yorkers and new Englanders are no more. I am not a Virginian, but an American. Patrick Henry
2 different perspectives in Congress The moderates (majority) Joseph Galloway and John Dickinson (PA) John Jay and Philip Livingston (NY) This is just another tax crisis: solve it so as to strengthen our ties with Britain The radicals (minority) Samuel and John Adams (MA), Charles Thomson (PA), Richard Henry Lee, Patrick Henry, George Washington (VA) The ultimate political solution is independence
Declarations and Resolves of the First Continental Congress Declaration of rights 1: That they are entitled to life, liberty, and property, and they have never ceded to any sovereign power whatever, a right to dispose of either without their consent. They have found many infringements and violations in various acts of Parliament Resolved: the repeal of them is essentially necessary
FIRST CONTINENTAL CONGRESS ADJOURNS TO MEET IN MAY 1775 PARLIAMENTS IGNORES REQUESTS APRIL 1775 BRITISH TROOPS MARCH ON LEXINGTON AND CONCORD AT LEXINGTON-UNKNOWN SHOT STARTS SKIRMISH- 8 AMERICANS DEAD
BRITISH TROOPS RETREAT FROM CONCORD AMERICANS CHEAT --FIGHT GUERRILLA STYLE 70 BRITISH DEAD 230 WOUNDED. THE WAR HAS STARTED
Thomas Paine: Common Sense Paine background Paine quotes 1 Paine quotes 2 Rockin Paine
USE YOUR NOTES AND MAKE A TIMELINE OF THE EVENTS FROM THE FRENCH AND INDIAN WAR TO THE BATTLES OF LEXINGTON AND CONCORD SHOULD THE FRENCH AND INDIAN WR BE CONSIDERED ONE OF THE MAJOR CAUSES OF THE AMERICAN REVOLUTION? WHY OR WHY NOT?