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U.S. History Road to Revolution

U.S. History Road to Revolution. MW PHS. M&M ’ s. Imagine an M&M is a freedom. Over time you get more and more. Then one day, someone starts decreasing your M&M ’ s. How would you react?

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U.S. History Road to Revolution

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  1. U.S. HistoryRoad to Revolution MW PHS

  2. M&M’s • Imagine an M&M is a freedom. • Over time you get more and more. • Then one day, someone starts decreasing your M&M’s. • How would you react? • Probably like the colonists reacted when the king of England started imposing rules and taxes on them without their consent!

  3. Road to Revolution Event Consequence Colonists harass stamp distributers. Boycott British goods Prepare a Declaration of Grievances to be sent to king. • 1765 Stamp Act • Tax on paper, glass and other household British imports.

  4. Road to Revolution Event Consequence “Taxation without representation” becomes cry of colonists. Boycott British goods • 1767 Townshend Acts • Tax colonial imports that hadn’t been taxed before. • raised prices. • Station troops at ports to enforce laws, collect taxes and protect customs officials

  5. Road to Revolution Event Consequence Colonial agitators like Paul Revere label conflict as “massacre” News of event circulated through colonies. Colonists wonder if it could happen to them. • 1770 Boston Massacre • 5 unarmed colonists killed by British troops in Boston

  6. Road to Revolution Event Consequence Colonial tea merchants put out of business. Boston Tea Party takes place. 18,000 pounds of tea dumped in harbor. • 1773 Tea Act • British East India Company given exclusive rights to sell tea in colonies. • Tea price increased

  7. Road to Revolution Event Consequence First Continental Congressmeets in Philadelphia. Draws up declaration of colonial rights. Petition sent to king about grievances • 1774 Intolerable Acts • King George III closes Boston Harbor • Troops are stationed in homes of colonists

  8. Lexington and Concord • April 18, 1775 • First fighting between redcoats and American Patriots. • May 1775 Second Continental Congress meets- George Washington picked as General of Army. • June, 1775, General Gage attacks Breeds Hill (Bunker Hill) • July 1775, Second Continental Congress sends “Olive Branch Petition” • July 2, 1776 vote for Independence

  9. Homework #1 • Page 53 Textbook • Answer q’s #2,3,4 • Due Friday!!!

  10. General Thomas Gage

  11. Francis Smith

  12. Margaret Kimble Gage

  13. Battle of Lexington

  14. March to Concord

  15. North Bridge Fight

  16. Percy’s Retreat

  17. The Death of General Warren

  18. Thomas Paine • Writes Common Sense. A 50 page pamphlet that says the colonies should declare independence. • “The law should be king, the king should not be the law”- Democratic government. • 1776, 500,000 copies sold

  19. Laying the eagle’s egg • Richard Henry Lee (Virginia) Resolution passes June 7,1776. Voting due July 2. • Three committees formed- 1.Draft a declaration of independence. 2. Plan for foreign alliances 3. Prepare a plan for confederation.

  20. The Declaration of Independence • Written primarily by Thomas Jefferson • Signed (by 2) July 4, 1776 • The document addresses the entire world. • All people are entitled to the same legal and political rights. • http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uZfRaWAtBVg

  21. The eagle hatches • July 2,1776 Lee Resolution passes. • July 2- July 4, 1776 changes are debated in the wording of the declaration of independence. • July 4, 1776 Declaration of Independence adopted. • July 5 printed copies are circulated with only names of John Hancock (Pres. Congress) and Charles Thomson (Secretary). • July 19, 1776 Congress orders document engrossed and signed by all members. • August 2, document is signed by all* in attendance.

  22. First Great Seal of the United States of America

  23. The Declaration of Independence • Reading of the Declaration of Independence • Activity: 5 Parts of D.O.I.

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