Moving to a RevolutionMoving to a Revolution

Tea Act (1773)Tea Act (1773)

•Allowed the British East India Company to sell tea directly to the colonists, no middle-man

•Tea would actually cost less for the colonists (still pay tax)

•Colonists response: anger bc it was forcing colonists to buy tea from this company -no free enterprise

•Boycott

•Allowed the British East India Company to sell tea directly to the colonists, no middle-man

•Tea would actually cost less for the colonists (still pay tax)

•Colonists response: anger bc it was forcing colonists to buy tea from this company -no free enterprise

•Boycott

Boston Tea PartyDecember 16, 1773

Boston Tea PartyDecember 16, 1773

•Men (dressed as Mohawks) dumped 342 chests of tea into the harbor

•Led by Samuel Adams & Sons of Liberty (Patriots known for their violent & destructive acts)

•Done in response to the Tea Act

•Men (dressed as Mohawks) dumped 342 chests of tea into the harbor

•Led by Samuel Adams & Sons of Liberty (Patriots known for their violent & destructive acts)

•Done in response to the Tea Act

British ResponseBritish Response

•Intolerable Acts (colonists)/Coercive Act (British)

•Intolerable Acts (colonists)/Coercive Act (British)

Intolerable Acts (1774)Intolerable Acts (1774)• Shut down the port of Boston until the tea &

damage was paid for (Boston Port Act)

• No town meetings in Mass. without governor’s permission. Juries would be chosen by king. (Mass Bay Regulating Act)

• Trials for officers held in GB & Canada, not Mass.(Impartial Administration of Justice Act)

• New (Quartering Act) - house soldiers when no housing is available

• Quebec Act - religious freedom to all Catholics living in Quebec (separate act)

• Shut down the port of Boston until the tea & damage was paid for (Boston Port Act)

• No town meetings in Mass. without governor’s permission. Juries would be chosen by king. (Mass Bay Regulating Act)

• Trials for officers held in GB & Canada, not Mass.(Impartial Administration of Justice Act)

• New (Quartering Act) - house soldiers when no housing is available

• Quebec Act - religious freedom to all Catholics living in Quebec (separate act)

Colonists ResponseColonists Response•First Continental Congress - Sept 1774•First Continental Congress - Sept 1774

First Continental Congress

First Continental Congress

•12 delegates except Georgia

•Passed a resolution supporting Mass. - boycott all GB goods and no exporting GB goods until act is repealed

•Began setting up militias in each colony (army of citizens)

•12 delegates except Georgia

•Passed a resolution supporting Mass. - boycott all GB goods and no exporting GB goods until act is repealed

•Began setting up militias in each colony (army of citizens)

Paul Revere’s RidePaul Revere’s Ride

Lexington & Concord – 4/1775

Lexington & Concord – 4/1775•minutemen - colonial volunteers who kept

muskets ready at a moment’s notice

•General Gage (GB) heard that the minutemen had large amt of weapons & wanted to surprise them in Concord

•Paul Revere alarmed them after seeing the lamps in the Old North Church

•“Shot heard round the world.” (fired in spite of being outnumbered)

•Moved onto Concord - GB retreated (73 dead, 200 wounded)

•No peaceful settlement to the disagreement

•minutemen - colonial volunteers who kept muskets ready at a moment’s notice

•General Gage (GB) heard that the minutemen had large amt of weapons & wanted to surprise them in Concord

•Paul Revere alarmed them after seeing the lamps in the Old North Church

•“Shot heard round the world.” (fired in spite of being outnumbered)

•Moved onto Concord - GB retreated (73 dead, 200 wounded)

•No peaceful settlement to the disagreement

Second Continental Congress

May 10, 1775

Second Continental Congress

May 10, 1775•Hoped to avoid a war

•Olive Branch Petition - sent to King George III declaring loyalty to king, asking to repeal Intolerable Acts (King was outraged & sent 20,000 more troops)

•Continental Army - army of the colonists led by George Washington

•Hoped to avoid a war

•Olive Branch Petition - sent to King George III declaring loyalty to king, asking to repeal Intolerable Acts (King was outraged & sent 20,000 more troops)

•Continental Army - army of the colonists led by George Washington

Common Senseby Thomas PaineCommon Sense

by Thomas Paine•powerful pamphlet telling the colonists to

break free

•Stated that the British were trying to destroy colonial natural rights (live peacefully and freely)

•Government is there to protect life, liberty, and property. Power came from the people, not kings.

•Colonists don’t benefit from the British Empire

•Simple writing - all could understand

•powerful pamphlet telling the colonists to break free

•Stated that the British were trying to destroy colonial natural rights (live peacefully and freely)

•Government is there to protect life, liberty, and property. Power came from the people, not kings.

•Colonists don’t benefit from the British Empire

•Simple writing - all could understand

Declaration of IndependenceDeclaration of Independence