Prudence, indeed, will dictate that Governments long
established should not be changed for light and transient causes;
and... that mankind are more disposed to suffer, while evils are
sufferable, than to right themselves by abolishing the forms to
which they are accustomed. But when a long train of abuses and
usurpations evinces a design to reduce them under absolute
Despotism, it is their right, it is their duty, to throw off such
Government
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Salutary Neglect
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British National Debt Following the French and Indian War
NOTE: The colonists did not want to be represented in
Parliament, where their representatives could have been
outnumbered. They believed that only their representatives in their
own colonial legislatures could legitimately tax them.
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Intimidation Mass Protests
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Reduced dependence on British textiles
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Just because we dont tax... doesnt mean that we cant!
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Photo Credit: WendellWendell
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Tea Act Boston Tea Party Intolerable Acts Lexington &
Concord Leading to the Revolution Photo Credit: Darwin BellDarwin
Bell
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Photo Credit: John-MorganJohn-Morgan
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MARTIAL LAW
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Boston Port Act Massachusetts Government Act Administration of
Justice Act Quartering Act Quebec Act
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Photo Credit : Jeanette RunyonJeanette Runyon
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Photo Credit: Rachel Ford JamesRachel Ford James
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OBJECTIVE: Seize the Arsenal
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THE SHOT Image Courtesy of The National GuardThe National Guard
Artist: Don TroianiDon Troiani
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Photo credit: herzogbrherzogbr
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The British Retreat
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Such has been the patient sufferance of these Colonies...The
history of the present King of Great Britain is a history of
repeated injuries and usurpations, all having in direct object the
establishment of an absolute Tyranny over these States.
