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Roads to Revolution
Series of 4 Wars King William’s
(1689-97) Queen Anne’s
(1702-13) King George’s
(1744-48)
Consequences: Battle for power
between Britain/France remains No real winners in wars
Battle of Louisburg angers Colonists During KG’s War
Relationship changes Reliance on British Animosity
French fortification 1753 Ohio River Valley
George Washington 1754 Fort Necessity =
embarrassment Albany Congress
Albany Plan on Union 24 delegates Franklin/Hutchinson
proposal General Braddock/ Fort
Duquesne Disaster
1,000 British ambushed Britain’s shortcomings
Lacked adequate troops and supplies
Tide turns for Britain 1757 Iroquois Treaty (1758) William Pitt
New Prime Minister Rallies Colonists for the
cause Surrender of Montreal
1760 War in Europe continues
Treaty of Paris 1763 Reorganized map of
Colonial America Consequences
Britain supreme naval power
Britain in MASSIVE debt Dual identity
Friction among Allies 1760-1763 Reimbursement of
Colonies a problem Increased Native
conflict Pontiac’s Rebellion 1763 Proclamation of 1763
10,000 British troops remain
Writs of Assistance 1760-1761 Anger over smuggling
Prior and during war
1760- writ of assistance Search and seizure James Otis
Lawyer for Colonists Rights of an Englishman “beyond which if
Parliament go, their Acts bind not”
Sugar Act 1764 Stamp Act 1765 Declaratory Act 1766 Quartering Act 1766-
1767 Townshend Duties
1767 Tea Act 1773 Coercive Acts 1774
Responses VA Resolves (Stamp Act)
1765 Loyal Nine 1765 Sons/Daughters of Liberty
1765 Stamp Act Congress 1765 Letters from a PA Farmer
1767 John Wilkes (England) 1768 Christian Sparta Boston Massacre 1770 Committees of
Correspondence 1772 Boston Tea Party 1773 First Continental Congress
1774 2nd Continental Congress
1775
Virginia Resolves Patrick Henry Urged House of Burgesses
to deny tax Only four passed:
Virginians were same as British should have same rights
VA taxes through House of Burgesses
VA alone had right to tax Denied legitimacy of tax law
outside US Anyone that disagreed = the
enemy
Loyal Nine Middle class Tried to get stamp
distributors to resign Sons of Liberty
Sam Adams, John Hancock, Ebenezer Mackintosh
Daughters of Liberty too Stamp Act Congress
Oct 17, 1765 Reps from 9 colonies
27 delegates total Agree Parliament lacked
authority to tax outside Britain
Resembled VA resolves
"The Repeal or the Funeral Procession of Miss America-Stamp": A satiric cartoon commemorating the repeal of the Stamp Act, c. 1766. Illustration courtesy of the Library of Congress, Prints and Photographs Division. (larger version)
New PM in England Charles Townschend
Colonial resistance NY, refused to enforce
Led to Anti-colonists sentiment in House of Commons
Consequence: NY suspending act NY backed down
John Dickinson “Letters from a PA Farmer”
No right to tax for single purpose of raising revenue
Circular Letter 1768 written by Sam Adams
Condemned taxation w/out rep Advocated no illegal activities Mass legislation adopted letters
British response Over-reacts Royal governors dissolve letter Townschend creates American
Board of Customs Commissioners 1767 Raised number of port officials $ for secret informers “Liberty” incident June 1768
Sons of Liberty Reorganize “Save your $, Save your
country” campaign Nonimportation agreement =
boycott John Wilkes
In England Denounces KGIII Ran for Parliament
Woman resistance Sarah Osborn
Religious activist Starts Daughters of Liberty
Key role in nonconsumption movvement
Feb 22, 1770 Townschend
Acts eliminated Except Tea
New British PM Committees of
Correspondence Sam Adams in
charge 1st attempt at
wide political cooperation
Gaspee Affair
“The die is cast” - KGIII
Response to Coercive Acts Sept 5, 1774 – Philadelphia Convention:
56 delegates Suffolk resolves Voted to boycott all British
goods and cease exports Sent petition to KGIII
1775 KGIII declares colonies in rebellion
Important People: Patrick Henry, Sam and John
Adams, George Washington, John Dickinson, John Jay
April 1775 General Gage ordered
to quell “rabble” and arrest patriot leaders
700 troops send to seize arms and ammunition at Concord
First shots fired
2nd Continental Congress “Olive Branch Petition”
Written by George Dickerson Cease-fire at Boston Repeal coercive acts Establish/negotiate colonists’
rights
Continental Army established GW leader
British troops attack Boston
Bunker Hill, Breed’s Hill
Jan. 1776 Thomas Paine publishes “Common Sense”
Argues: Not “common sense” for a
large continent to be ruled by a distant island
States needed to break away and become independent
No economic need for Britain
Monarchy dangerous to liberty
Incredibly influential
2nd Continental Congress June 7th
Richard Henry Lee proposes independence
July 2nd United States of America
created July 4th
Adopted by Congress
What it included Followed England’s Bill of
Rights 27 grievances with KGIII
Authors Thomas Jefferson * John Adams Ben Franklin