UNIT II: REVOLUTIONARY ERA 2.1 ROAD TO REVOLUTION

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UNIT II REVOLUTIONARY ERA2.1 ROAD TO REVOLUTION

• 1 Analyze the ways in which British imperial
  policies between 1763 and 1776 intensified
  colonials resistance to British rule and their
  commitment to republican values.

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Road to Revolution

• I. Salutary Neglect
• A. Power of Parliament
• B. Trade
• C. Colonial Legislatures
• II. Anglo-French Rivalries

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Road to Revolution

• III. The French and Indian War
• A. Ohio Valley
• 1. George Washington

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Road to Revolution

• III. The French and Indian War
• B. Albany Congress and Plan of Union

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Road to Revolution

• III. The French and Indian War
• C. Course of War Quebec
• D. Results of Peace of Paris

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Road to Revolution

• III. The French and Indian War
• E. Consequences o f the War
• 1. British View
• 2. Colonists View
• 3. Native Americans

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Road to Revolution

• IV. New Imperialism
• A. Burdens on British
• B. Westward Expansion
• C. Pontiacs Rebellion

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Road to Revolution

• V. BRITISH ACTION COLONIAL REACTIONS
• A. Proclamation of 1763

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Road to Revolution

• V. BRITISH ACTION COLONIAL REACTION
• Mercantilism
• 1. Exists for Mother Country
• 2. Navigation Laws What were the provisions?
• 3. What were Merits/Positives of Mercantilism?
• 4. What were Menaces/Negatives of Mercantilism?

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Road to Revolution

• V. BRITISH ACTION COLONIAL REACTION
• B. 1764 Currency Act
• C. 1764 Sugar Act
• D. Colonial Differences
• Paxton Boys(1763)
• Regulator Movement (1771)

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Road to Revolution

• V. BRITISH ACTION COLONIAL REACTION
• E. 1765 Stamp Act  

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Road to Revolution

• V. BRITISH ACTION COLONIAL REACTION
• F. The Stamp Act Crisis
• Opposing Views
• Virginia Resolves
• Stamp Act Cong.
• Sons and Daughters of Liberty
• Repeal/Passage of Declaratory Act  

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Road to Revolution

• V. BRITISH ACTION COLONIAL REACTION
• G. 1767 Townshend Program (1765 Quartering Act,
  1767 Townshend Duties, Disbands NY Assembly)
• Provisions
• Reactions
• Dickinson, Letters from a Farmer in Penn.
• Massachusetts Circular Letter
• Boycotts Nonimportation

There is another late act of parliament, which
appears to me to be unconstitutional, and as
destructive to the liberty of these colonies, as
that mentioned in my last letter that is, the
act for granting the duties on paper, glass, c.
That we may be legally bound to pay any general
duties on these commodities relative to the
regulation of trade, is granted but we being
obliged by the laws to take from Great-Britain,
any special duties imposed on their exportation
to us only, with intention to raise a revenue
from us only, are as much taxes, upon us, as
those imposed by the Stamp Act John Dickinson,
Letters From a Farmer (II)
James Otis
Sam Adams
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Road to Revolution

• I. British Action Colonial Re-Action
•  H. 1770 The Boston Massacre
• Events
• Propaganda
• Committees of Correspondence
• I. Philosophy of Revolt
• View Govt. Should Be Written Const.
• Virtual v. Actual Representation
• J. The Gaspee Incident

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Road to Revolution

• J. 1773 The Tea Excitement 
• Provisions
• Reactions
• Results Link Colonies--Mass Pop. Protest
• K. 1774 Coercive Acts/Intolerable Acts
• Provisions
• Reactions

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Road to Revolution

• II. Cooperation and War 
• A. First Continental Congress (Sept. 1774)
• Reject Galloway Plan
• Declaration of Rights Grievances
• Suffolk Resolves
• The Continental Association
• Meeting of 2nd Congress 
• B. 1775 Lexington and Concord  

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Road to Revolution 

• II. Cooperation and War   
• C. Second Cont. Cong. (1775)
• Olive Branch Petition
• Declaration of the Causes Necessity of Taking
  Up Arms  

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Road to Revolution 

• II. Cooperation and War   
• D. Paines Common Sense (1776)
• Main Ideas
• Results  

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Road to Revolution 

• E. The Declaration of Independence (1776)
• Reasons for Shift of Loyalty
• Committee on Independence Issues
• 3 Major Parts