Road to Revolution 5.3 and 5.4

By stu.DewittD@mishawka.k12.in.us

  • Stamp Act

    Stamp Act
    Tax on all paper products
    Official stamp/seal on all paper items (proof tax was paid)
    Legal documents
    Licenses
    Newspapers
    Pamphlets
    Playing cards

  • Sons of Liberty

    Sons of Liberty
    Secret colonial society - protested Stamp Act, helped organized by Samuel Adams
    Intimidated tax collectors

  • The Boston Massacre

    The Boston Massacre
    Protesters clashed with redcoats
    Redcoats are British Soldiers
    Five colonists were killed

  • The Boston Tea Party

    The Boston Tea Party
    Members of Sons of Liberty dumped 340 chests of Tea into Boston Harbor.

  • Battle of Lexington-

    Battle of Lexington-
    1st battle of American Revolutionary War
    “Shot heard round the world”- Ralph Waldo Emerson
    BRITISH Victory
    Battle of Concord-
    Americans Stop British and force them to retreat back to Boston
    AMERICAN Victory

  • 1,000 of redcoats in Boston

    1,000 of redcoats in Boston
    General Gage brings thousands of British Soldiers to Boston with more on the way.

  • Capture of Fort Ticonderoga

    Capture of Fort Ticonderoga
    Benedict Arnold and Ethan Allen capture the fort
    Get all supplies in the fort including cannons
    AMERICAN Victory.

  • Second Continental Congress meet

    Second Continental Congress meet
    Print $$$
    Set up post office
    Created Continental Army led by George Washington
    Sent Olive Branch asking the King to protect their rights.

  • Washington arrives on outskirts of Boston with Continental troops

    Washington arrives on outskirts of Boston with Continental troops
    Realizes men are disorganized and need discipline
    Need weapons

  • Battle of Bunker Hill

    Battle of Bunker Hill
    Fought on Breed’s Hill Map
    “Don’t Fire until you see the whites of their eyes”- William Prescott
    BRITISH Victory (Americans ran out of ammunition) British learn defeating Americans would NOT be easy.
    June 16, 1775]

  • “Common Sense” published by Thomas Paine

    “Common Sense” published by Thomas Paine
    Pamphlet inspires more colonists to become patriots
    “Everything that is right or reasonable pleads for separation. The blood of the slain, the weeping voice of nature cries, ‘TI TIME TO PART” - Thomas Paine, Common Sense

  • British Surrender Boston

    British Surrender Boston
    Washington believes his army is ready and weapons arrive
    Washington puts cannons on Dorchester Heights overlooking Boston
    BRITISH retreat - AMERICAN Victory

  • Second Continental Congress meet again

    Second Continental Congress meet again
    Debate on declearing independence
    Thomas Jefferson is the primary author of the document

  • Second Continental Congress votes for Independence

    Second Continental Congress votes for Independence
    All 13 colonies vote YES on declaring independence

  • The Declaration of Independence is signed

    The Declaration of Independence is signed
    The Declaration of Independence is signed

  • First Continental Congress

    First Continental Congress
    The first Continental Congress was a meeting of delegates. Georgia was the only colony that did not send a representative to the Congress. They also agreed to boycott British goods at first.