Transcript american_revolution_part2[1].

“X” marks the “endroit”?….
Look/Sound Familiar – Linking Histories!
The French-Indian War (1754-1763)
“Annus Mirabilis”
Signs of Leadership???
Public Enemy # 1
“Despotic
King – an
absolute
tyrant.”
“You shall not pass!!”
Tipping the Scale Towards Unity?
• Nationalist:
• Loyalist:
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a shared patriotism
American pride
National awareness
Cultural Differences
•
"The distinctions between
Virginians, Pennsylvanians,
New Yorkers, New Englanders
are no more. I AM NOT A
VIRGINIAN, BUT AN
AMERICAN!"
Patrick Henry
• Greatest Empire on Earth
• Imperialist attitudes –
arrogance
• Protection – defense
forces
• Had won the war for the
colonists
• “Make the world England!”
“No Taxation without
Representation!”
Sons of
Liberty
“Give me
Liberty or
give me
death!”
Propaganda
“Saucy Boys, Negroes and
Mulattoes”
“Maybe
coffee
would
be
easier
…”
From Empire to Independence –
American Revolution 1775-1783
Spirit of ‘76
"The die is now cast; the
colonies must either submit or
triumph.... we must not
retreat."
"I know not what course
others may take; but as
for me, give me liberty
or give me death."
“The Shot Heard ‘Round the World”
"Don't fire unless fired upon. But if they want a war let it begin here.”
“Paul
Revere’s
Ride”
Minutemen
Failure at Quebec City
“The blood of the slain, the weeping
voice of nature cries, TIS TIME TO
PART.”
“life, Liberty and the pursuit of
Happiness”
“We must all hang together, or assuredly
we shall all hang separately.”
“What were they? Oppressions?”
(67 years later…)
“Young man, what we meant in going
for those red-coats was this: we
always governed ourselves, and we
always meant to. They didn’t think we
should.”
Levi Preston