The Road to Revolution

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The Road to Revolution
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Results of the French Indian War

• Proclamation of 1763
• Halted expansion by colonists west of the
  Appalachian Mountains
• Britains financial crisis brought about new laws
  on colonists
• Effect convinced the Colonists that the British
  government did not care about their needs.

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British Actions and Colonial Reactions
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1765 The Stamp Act

• British Action a tax law requiring colonists to
  purchase special stamped paper for printed items.
  
• Colonial Reaction Colonists harass stamp
  distributors, boycott British goods, and prepares
  a Declaration of Rights and Grievances.

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1767 Townshend Acts

• British Action British tax certain colonial
  imports and station troops at major colonial
  ports to protect customs officers.
• Colonial Reaction Colonists protest taxation
  without representation and organize a new
  boycott of imported goods.

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1770 Boston Massacre

• British Action Taunted by an angry mob.
  British troops fire into a crowd killing five
  colonists, including Crispus Attucks.
• Colonial Reaction Colonial agitators label the
  conflict a massacre and publish a dramatic
  engraving depicting the violence.

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1773 Tea Act

• British Action Britain gave the East India
  Company permission to sell their tea without
  charging a tax. Shuts out Colonial merchants.
• Colonial Reaction Colonists in Boston rebel,
  dumping 18,000 lbs. of East India Company tea
  into Boston Harbor.

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1774 Intolerable Acts

• British Action King George III tightens control
  over Massachusetts by closing Boston Harbor and
  quartering British troops.
• Colonial Reaction Colonial leaders form the 1st
  Continental Congress and draw up a declaration of
  colonial rights, if the British use force, the
  colonies should fight back.

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1775 Lexington and Concord

• British Action General Gage orders troops to
  march to Concord, Massachusetts and seize
  colonial weapons.
• Colonial Reaction Minutemen intercept the
  British and engage in battle- first at Lexington,
  and then at Concord.

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The Second Continental Congress

• Congress agreed to recognize the colonial militia
  as the Continental Army and appointed George
  Washington as its commander.

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Battle of Bunker Hill

• Gage sent 2,400 British soldiers to take Breeds
  Hill. Colonists lost 450 men while the British
  suffered over 1,000 casualties.
• By July, the 2nd Continental Congress still had
  hopes of peace.
• and sent the Olive Branch Petition to the king.

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Olive Branch Petition

• Urged the King to return to former harmony
  between Britain and the Colonies.
• King George III flatly rejected the Petition and
  issued a proclamation stating that the colonies
  were in rebellion and urged Parliament to order a
  naval blockade.