Road to Revolution…

Chapters 1 & 2 Overview

13 Original Colonies… Georgia, South Carolina, North Carolina, Virginia, Maryland, Pennsylvania, New York,

Massachusetts, New Hampshire, Rhode Island, Connecticut, New Jersey, Delaware

Conflict Begins…

Mercantilism—A nation seeks to increase wealth & power Tobacco, lumber

America was an extension of England’s economy

But, the goal of the colonists was to become self-sufficient

Conflict Begins… Navigation Acts (1651):

No country could trade with the colonies unless through English ships

All vessels must be run by crews that are ¾ English or Colonial

Certain products only exported to England (Sugar, tobacco, molasses, etc)

Almost all goods traded between colonies and Europe must first pass through English ports

Conflict Begins… Enlightenment:

Careful observation & rational thought Value of reason & scientific method EX: Ben Franklin’s kite in a thunderstorm

Led colonists to question authority of England

Conflict Begins…

Great Awakening Period of religious revivals aimed at

restoring the intensity & dedication of the early Puritan church

Led by Jonathan Edwards Time of reawakened interest in religion

French & Indian War 1754-1763 Conflict in North America between

British and French Ended with Treaty of Paris (1763)

Ended French occupation in America

Proclamation Line of 1763—prohibited colonists from settling West of App. Mountains

Conflict Begins…

French & Indian War = Big Debt Big Debt = Prime Minister raised taxes

for colonists

Taxes were raised and smugglers were tried in British courts Sugar Act Stamp Act Townshend Act

Conflict Begins… “No Taxation Without Representation!” Boston Massacre—British soldier fires on a

mob, kills 5 Americans Partially repealed Townshend Acts Boston Tea Party—refused to lift tax on tea

& gave rights to British company So, Americans dumped it all into Boston Harbor

Intolerable Acts Quartering of Soldiers

First Political Cartoon

Preparing for War…

First Continental Congress 1774 56 delegates met in Philadelphia to draw

up a declaration of colonial rights

Minutemen

Loyalists v. Patriots—Divided family & friends…

Revolutionary War…

1775—Battle of Lexington & Concord Colonists win at Concord=boost in confidence

1776—2nd Continental Congress Establish Continental Army led by George

Washington

Battle at Bunker Hill—British Defeat Colonists, but 1,000 British soldiers die

Olive Branch Petition—return to the “former harmony”

King denied

Revolutionary War… March 1776—British Army seized NYC Dec 1776—Washington crossed Delaware

River & took Trenton, NJ Fall 1777—Colonial victory @ Saratoga, NY

Bolstered French support

1778—Marquis de Lafayette joins Washington’s men Surrounds Cornwallis @ Yorktown & British surrender

—October 19, 1781 Treaty of Paris, 1783

Confirmed U.S. independence