Years of Tumult 1763 1770 The Redcoats in
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Years of Tumult 1763 -1770
The “Redcoats” in the Colonies The Quartering Act Establishing Parliamentary rule over the colonies William Pitt and the English national debt
George Grenville (1763) Changing the Molasses Act Reduction of the tax on molasses American Revenue Act (Sugar Act of 1764) New England’s reaction Whigs Elected assemblies Trial by jury Boycotting imports Repeal of the Sugar Act
The Currency Act (1764) Post war economic depression “Middling class” outrage Distribution of pamphlets
The Stamp Act of 1765 Acts of noncompliance Vice-admiralty Courts John Dickinson Sons of Liberty Boycotts and violence Virginia resolves Patrick Henry The Stamp Act Congress James Otis Declaration of Rights and Grievances Lese-majeste
The Stamp Tax
The British Constitution Ideals of the Magna Carta Conflicts over representation Colonial viewpoint British viewpoint “Virtual representation”
King George III
King George III “Kings friends” Dismissal of Grenville Lord Rockingham (July 1765 -1766) Repeal of the Stamp Act Declaratory Act Protest back at home… Lord Chatham (William Pitt)
Charles Townshend (1766 -1767) Townshend Duties Charles Townshend Mutiny Act (Quartering Act) 1765 Disbanding the New York assembly (army hq) Taxes on imports (external taxes) From Eng. : lead, paint, paper & tea Boycotts—”American goods” becomes fashionable Massachusetts Assembly Circular letter Lord North Repeal of the Townshend Duties
Riot to Rebellion 1770 -1776
The colonies in 1763
Hostilities in the colonies The problem with the Redcoats Working classes and competition The role of alcohol The Boston Massacre (March 5, 1770) British Captain Thomas Prescott “Liberty boys” Paul Revere Samuel Adams John Adams Crispus Attucks The Trial of the Century… Internal disputes The Regulators
The Boston Massacre
Crispus Attucks
Paul Revere
Samuel Adams
John Adams
The March toward War Leaders of the rebellion James Otis Writs of assistance Patrick Henry “Give me liberty or give me death” Samuel Adams
Patrick Henry n The Han Solo of the Revolution!
The Tea Act of 1773 The Gaspee incident (1772) East India Co. Mercy Otis Warren “The Daughters of Liberty” Boston Tea Party (Dec. 16, 1773) Thomas Hutchinson
Gaspee Incident
The Intolerable Acts Closing Boston ports A new governor and new policy A new government Quartering Act of 1774
Turning toward revolution Committees of Correspondence Continental Congress Philadelphia The delegates The Suffolk Resolves Loyalty to the King Raising an army (the militia) “Minutemen”
The Midnight Ride n “One if by land…two if by sea”
Paul Revere
First Blows Lexington and Concord Paul Revere, William Dawes & Samuel Prescott Sniping British retreat Another intolerable act Restriction of the Grand Banks
First Blows (con’t) Battle of Bunker Hill (Breed’s Hill) General Howe British victory Fort Ticonderoga Benedict Arnold Green mountain boys Ethan Allen
Benedict Arnold
General Sir William Howe
Battle of Fort Ticonderoga
Second Continental Congress Finding a General George Washington “Declaration of the Cause & Necessity of Taking Up Arms” Common Sense Thomas Paine
The Constitutional Convention
General George Washington
Voting for Independence The Declaration of Independence The Committee Thomas Jefferson, Roger Sherman, John Adams, Robert Livingston, Benjamin Franklin The issue of slavery Signing the declaration of independence John Hancock Increasing risk
What kind of men were the signers? 24 were lawyers and judges 11 were merchants 9 were farmers & large plantation owners All were well educated
Who said Freedom was Free? What happened to the 56 men who signed the Declaration of Independence? 5 were captured by the British as traitors and tortured before they died 12 had their homes ransacked and burned 2 lost their sons during the war 2 had their sons captured during the war 9 fought and died in the war
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