Transcript The Road to Revolution

The Road to
Revolution
Vocabulary
delegate proclamation Parliament treason representation repeal boycott blockade
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Important People
Thomas Jefferson
George Washington
Paul Revere
Samuel Adams
Important People
John Hancock
Patrick Henry
Mercy Otis Warren
King George
Thomas Paine
The French and Indian War
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In the 1750s, France and Britain were fighting in
Europe. The war was now spreading to North
America. British Colonists wanted to take over
French land in North America. The British wanted
to take over the fur trade in the French held
territory.
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British soldiers fought against French soldiers
and Native Americans. Native Americans joined in
the battle against the British because they were
afraid the British would take over their land.
In the Peace Treaty of 1763 the British got most of
the French land in North America. Also as a result
of the war, the British began taxing the colonists to
pay for the war.
The Proclamation of 1763
Proclamation of 1763
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The Royal Proclamation of 1763 was issued
October 7, 1763, by King George III after the
end of the French and Indian War. It forbade
settlers from settling past a line drawn along
the Appalachian Mountains. The purpose of
the proclamation was to organize Great
Britain's new North American empire and to
stabilize relations with Native Americans
through regulation of trade, settlement, and
land purchases on the western frontier.
Sugar Act 1764
Tax placed on sugar and
molasses because
colonists are British
subjects
 Colonist protest and
smuggle sugar and
molasses
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Quartering Act 1765
Required colonies to
provide British troops
with quarters and
supplies
 Colonial assemblies
vote to refuse to supply
British soldiers
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Stamp Act 1765
Any item that was made
of paper required a
stamped tax payment to
be made
 Colonists argue
“taxation without
representation”
 Stamp Act is repealed
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Townshend Acts 1767
Tax on glass, lead,
paper, paint, and tea
 Colonist smuggle
goods, boycott British
goods, and fight with
British troops
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The Boston Massacre
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The Boston Massacre is considered by many
historians to be the first battle of the
Revolutionary War. The fatal incident happened
on March 5 of 1770 including Crispus Attucks.
The massacre resulted in the death of five
colonists. British troops in the Massachusetts
Bay Colony were there to stop demonstrations
against the Townshend Acts and keep order,
but instead they provoked outrage. The British
soldiers and citizens brawled in streets.
Committee of Correspondence
In 1772 the Sons of Liberty in Boston formed a
Committee of Correspondence to publicize
complaints against the British, This encouraged a
feeling of unity amongst the colonists.
Tea Act 1773
Tax on tea is a plan to bail
out East India Tea
company through tax on tea
 Sam Adams and the Sons of
Liberty sent a message to
the governor of
Massachusetts, demanding
that British ships carrying
tea leave the harbor
 Resulted in the Boston Tea
Party
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Intolerable Acts 1774
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Response to Tea Party
Colonial assembly and
town meetings dissolved
port of Boston closed
British tried in England
Militias formed
Colonist sent
representatives to the 1st
Continental Congress
1st Continental Congress
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The First Continental Congress was a convention of
delegates from all thirteen colonies except for Georgia met
on September 5, 1774, at Carpenters' Hall in Philadelphia,
Pennsylvania. It was called in response to the passage
Intolerable Acts by the British Parliament. The Intolerable
Acts had punished Boston for the Boston Tea Party.
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The Congress was
attended by 56 members
appointed by the
legislatures of twelve of
the colonies, the
exception being Georgia.
The Congress met briefly
to consider options,
including an economic
boycott of British trade;
rights and grievances; and
petitioned King George III
for redress of those
grievances.
Battles of Lexington and Concord
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The Battles of Lexington and Concord
were the first military engagements of the
American Revolutionary War. The battles
were fought on April 19, 1775.
Second Continental Congress
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The Congress met on May 10, 1776, in the
State House in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania.
It is now called Independence Hall.
Some of those new and returning delegates
included Thomas Jefferson, Benjamin
Franklin, and the new president of the
Continental Congress, John Hancock.
The Second Continental Congress decided
many important things. At the Congress,
they decided to completely break away from
Great Britain. On May 15, 1776, they
decided to officially put the colonies in a
state of defense.
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It decided some of the most important ideas that the colonists
fought for in the Revolutionary War, because, at that meeting,
members of the Second Continental Congress wrote and signed
The Declaration of Independence.
At the signing of the Declaration of Independence, John Hancock
wrote his name first and biggest on the Declaration of
Independence. He said, "The British ministry can read that name
without spectacles; let them double their reward." He was talking
about the reward offered by King George III that was to be given
to anyone who could capture one of the Sons of Liberty, especially
Samuel Adams and John Hancock.
The Declaration of
Independence
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Declaration of Independence
was a statement adopted by the
Continental Congress on July 4,
1776, which announced that the
thirteen American colonies, then at
war with Great Britain, regarded
themselves as independent states,
and no longer a part of the British
Empire.
Monarchy vs. Representative
Government
In a monarchy the
governing power lies
with a king and those
that he appoints to
office
 Parliament was the
lawmaking body in
England
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Citizens elect their own
representatives who will
represent them in
government
 People create their
government and have
the right to make
changes when they see
fit (laws, elections)
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