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The Road to Revolution:

The Road to Revolution:. Was the American Revolution Inevitable??. Tar and Feathering. British economic system of 17 th & 18 th centuries Power = wealth Goal: Export more than import and a self-sufficient nation Colonies supplement but not compete with Mother country

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The Road to Revolution:

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  1. The Road to Revolution:

  2. Was the American Revolution Inevitable??

  3. Tar and Feathering

  4. British economic system of 17th & 18th centuries Power = wealth Goal: Export more than import and a self-sufficient nation Colonies supplement but not compete with Mother country Colonies needed to provide: 1. raw materials and 2. markets Mercantilism

  5. Required colonists to use British or colonial ships with crews that were ¾ British or Colonials All colonial imports except wine and salt had to pass through England for taxation “enumerated list” restricted the sale of specified items from the colonies to GB alone Tobacco, sugar, indigo, rice, molasses, naval stores, pig iron, hides, etc… Navigation Acts

  6. Forbid export of wool and wool products from one colony to another Or, to another country Woolen Act

  7. High duties on: Rum, sugar & molasses Imported into the colonies from NON British West Indies Molasses Act

  8. Forbid the export of hats Limited each hatmaker to one apprentice Hat Act

  9. Forbid building of ironworking establishments to finish iron products Removed duties on colonial pig iron and bar iron shipped to GBritain Iron Act

  10. Illegal Trade Routes Smuggling Result of trade restrictions

  11. Prevents colonials from moving into Northwest Territory British do not want to defend Colonials FIRST restriction post French & Indian War Proclamation of 1763

  12. The Boston Massacre (March 5,1770)

  13. Crispus Attucks one of five people killed in the Boston Massacre first martyr of the American Revolution

  14. John Adams defended the Redcoats: Even Redcoats deserve a fair trial.

  15. The Gaspee Incident(1772) Providence, RI coast

  16. Committees of Correspondence Purpose warn neighboring colonies about incidents with British broaden the resistance movement.

  17. John Adam’s cousin Founded first Committee of Correspondence First to suggest Continental Congress Attended first Continental Congress Signed Declaration of Independence Samuel Adams

  18. Required colonists to pay British merchants in silver and gold No colonial paper money [inflated] Mercantilism created trade deficit in colonies Impossible for colonists to pay in silver or gold Currency Act

  19. First attempt to impose a DIRECT tax on printed materials Colonists: no taxation without representation in Parliament Parliament: “virtual” representation Stamp Act

  20. New York City nine colonies in attendance 14-point Declaration of Rights and Grievances, written by John Dickinson of Pennsylvania echoed resolves of the Virginia House of Burgesses argued that colonial taxation could only be carried on by their own assemblies singled out the Stamp Act and the use of the vice admiralty courts for special criticism ended with a pledge of loyalty to the king. Stamp Act repealed March 1766 Parliament affirmed its power to tax the colonies “in all cases whatsoever” by also passing the Declaratory Act Stamp Act Congress 1765

  21. Required colonists to help provide for their own protection 1765: pay to house British troops Later: house troops in homes Colonists saw as indirect taxation without representation Quartering Act 1765

  22. new duties externalin nature on paint, paper, glass, lead and tea imported into the colonies [not produced in any quantity in the colonies at that time, but the capability to manufacture them in America was apparent.] intent to raise revenue for payment of salaries of royal officials in the colonies bypassing assemblies Colonists once accepted indirect taxes but now opposed direct and indirect Townshend duties

  23. Tea Act (1773) • British East India Co.: • Monopoly on Br. tea imports. • Many members of Parl. held shares. • Permitted the Co. to sell tea directly to cols. without col. middlemen North expected the cols. to eagerly choose the cheaper tea.

  24. The Coercive or IntolerableActs (1774) 1. Port Bill 2. Government Act 3. New Quartering Act Lord North 4. Administration of Justice Act

  25. The Quebec Act (1774) Passed with Intolerable Acts Allowed Catholicism in Quebec Resented by Colonists

  26. First Continental Congress (1774) 55 delegates from 12 colonies Agenda How to respond to the Coercive Acts & the Quebec Act? 1 vote per colony represented.

  27. Boston Tea Party (1775)

  28. The British Are Coming . . . Paul Revere & William Dawes make their midnight ride to warn the Minutemen of approaching British soldiers.

  29. The Shot Heard ’Round the World! Lexington & Concord – April 18,1775

  30. The Second Continental Congress(1775) Olive Branch Petition

  31. Was the American Revolution Inevitable??

  32. Thomas Paine: Common Sense

  33. Declaration of Independence (1776)

  34. Declaration of Independence

  35. Independence Hall

  36. New National Symbols

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