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The Road To Revolution 1763-1775. The Albany Plan Seven Years War/French and Indian War Great Britain Dominant Power Colonial View British View. Proclamation of 1763. New Vision of Destiny –Colonist British Stage set for conflict.
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The Road To Revolution1763-1775 The Albany Plan Seven Years War/French and Indian War Great Britain Dominant Power Colonial View British View
Proclamation of 1763 • New Vision of Destiny –Colonist British • Stage set for conflict
Victory In The Seven Years War • Differing Views • Troops • Trade-Mercantile System/Navigation Acts • Emerging sense of Political Identity
Roots of Resistance • Old World v. New World in Gov’t/Political thinking. • Nationalism • Classical Republicanism • Radical Whigs
Friction!!! • Stamp Tax----PM George Grenville • Sugar Act 1764 • Quartering Act 1765 • Taxation w/o representation—”virtual representation
Repeal • Repeal of the Stamp Act • The Stamp Act Congress----Sons of Liberty • Declaratory Act 1766 • Townshed Act 1767 REVOLT -Quartering Act & Non-Compliance March 5 1770 Crispus Attucks BOSTON MASSACRE
REACTION • King George III • Lord North • Committees of Correspondence • Tea Brewing! Boston Tea Party Intolerable Acts 1774 More Insult----Quebec Act
Continental Congress • First Continental Congress • Sept 5-Oct. 26 1774 • Declaration of Rights 1775 • Meet again??????
The Shot Heard ‘Round the World • Lexington • Concord • Minutemen • Hessians
Americans/Colonist at War • Advantages • Disadvantages • THE Second Continental Congress • George Washington • Fort Ticonderoga/Crown Point • Bunker Hill • King declares “Colonies in open rebellion”
Politics • Thomas Paine “Common Sense” • Paine and Republicanism • Richard Henry Lee • Thomas Jefferson • Declaration of Independence • Patriots---Whigs • Loyalist---Tories • Typical Patriots