HSTY2034: US History to 1865 8 April 2004

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HSTY2034 US History to 18658 April 2004

• From Resistance to Revolution

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Outline 1

• The Politics of Protest
• Agitation over Townshend Act
• Non Importation movement
• Samuel Adams Circular Letter
• British Response
• Rioting in urban centers
• The Boston Massacre

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Samuel Adams (1722-1803) founded Sons of Liberty,
principal organizer Boston Tea Party, member of
the Continental Congress, signer of the
Declaration of Independence
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Paul Revere Engraving Boston Massacre
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John Adams, (1735-1826) Founding father. Second
President of the U.S., first vice-president of
the U.S., member Continental Congress, helped
draft Declaration of Independence
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John Hancock (1737-1793) Leading figure in
Revolutionary movement, first signer Declaration
of Independence, president Continental Congress,
Mass. governor 1780-1793
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Outline 2

• New plots to enslave the Colonists
• officials salaries and tea
• British response The Intolerable Acts
• End of self-rule in Massachusetts
• Quartering of troops in private homes
• autocratic, Catholic govt in Quebec
• Colonial response
• republicanism
• First Continental Congress 1774

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Sam Adams John Adams Patrick Henry
George Washington
Christopher Gadsden
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Outline 3

• Revolution still not a foregone conclusion
• requires British unwillingness to compromise
• political leadership to convince moderates
• British lack of conciliation
• Thomas Gage (now Mass. Gov.)
• King George III

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Paul Revere (1734-1818)
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Outline 4

• The first shots at Lexington and Concord
• Colonial troops besiege Boston
• Second Continental Congress
• Still...change for compromise
• The Olive Branch Petition
• Fierce British reaction
• Declaration of Independence - no turning back...

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Thomas Jefferson (1743-1826) Author of the
Declaration of Independence, statesman, diplomat,
Secretary of State, Vice-President, 3rd U.S.
President