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The Road to Revolution

Explore the events leading to the American Revolution, including the problems of empire, financial strain, military challenges, and colonial dissatisfaction. Learn about key events such as Pontiac's Rebellion, the Stamp Act, and the Boston Tea Party.

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The Road to Revolution

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  1. The Road to Revolution

  2. The Problem of Empire • Imperial Financial Strain • Military Challenges • Resentments • Indian Relations • Cherokee War (1759-1761) • Pontiac’s Rebellion (1763-1766)

  3. Pontiac's Rebellion (1763)

  4. British Constitutional Theory • The Nature of the British Constitution • Foundational Concepts: • King-In-Parliament • House of Lords • House of Commons • Prime Minister • Franchise Size • Virtual Representation • Gentry Rule

  5. Colonial Constitutional Theory • Old British Ideas • Old Whig Ideology • Representative Government • New Colonial Ideas • Direct Representation • Rejection of Direct Parliamentary Authority • No Taxation Without Representation

  6. The Beginning of Trouble • The Currency Act (1764) • No Colonial Paper Money • Gold and Silver Only • Colonists face financial crisis; too many colonists, not enough gold and silver

  7. John Hancock, Boston Merchant and KING OF SUGAR SMUGGLING John Hancock of Boston smuggled 1.5 million gallons of molasses a year, evading 35,000 pounds worth of taxes. This was roughly equivalent to $2,059,988.39 in 2007 dollars.

  8. The Beginning of Trouble: The Sugar Act of 1764 • Cuts the actual tax in half • But now cases are tried in Admiralty courts in Halifax, Nova Scotia. (Military) • Colonists fear arbitrary search and seizure and losing their rich sugar smuggling profits. • Leads to nonimportation agreements (boycotts) • Many colonists unaffected, though.

  9. The Beginning of Trouble: The Stamp Act of 1765 • A tax on all paper, especially for records, contracts, and other business • A direct tax which hits every American. • Colonists go crazy • Writs of Assistance—Used for Search and Seizure.

  10. Resistance to the Stamp Act

  11. Resistance to the Stamp Act • The Liberty Tree • “Watered with • the blood of tyrants”

  12. Resistance to the Stamp Act • Vigilantes (Sons of Liberty) • Nonimportation • The Stamp Act Congress (October 1765) • Declaration of Rights and Grievances

  13. No More Stamp Act • Parliament is stunned • Even French attack couldn't make colonists cooperate this well! • Parliament repeals Sugar and Stamp Acts • Declaratory Act: Parliament asserts it has full legislative power over the colonies.

  14. The Boston Crisis: The Townshend Duties • 1767 Duties on various goods • Seizure of the Liberty • Riots in Boston • Occupation of Boston in 1768

  15. The Boston • Crisis: The • Boston • Massacre • (1770)

  16. Samuel Adams, Patriot Agitator

  17. The Boston Crisis: The Boston Tea Party • The British East India Company—Given Monopoly on Tea • Tax cut to NOTHING • Bostonians protest loss of tea trade with Boston Tea Party

  18. The Boston Tea Party

  19. The Boston Crisis: The Intolerable Acts • Boston Port Act • Administration of Justice Act • Massachusetts Governing Act • The Quartering Act

  20. The Quebec Act

  21. Patrick Henry at First Continental Congress

  22. Storm Clouds Gather • First Continental Congress (1774) • Suffolk Resolves • Continental Association • Whigs vs. Tories

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