Day 18: The Road to RevolutionBaltimore Polytechnic Institute

September 24, 2015A/A.P. U.S. History

Mr. Green

Objective: Students will evaluate the decision by Britain to tax the American colonies after 1763 by describing the constraints on the colonists’ economic activities and political rights

Drill: Review the cartoons to analyze and

compare the purpose of each.

Examining the Road to Revolution

1. To what extent did the Stamp Act and other British action between 1763 and 1775 contribute to the drawing of these cartoons?

2. Was the purpose of the cartoons to encourage separation or conciliation? Explain.

3. Were the cartoonists ridiculing or supporting British policies?

Warm Up

George Grenville ordered the enforcement of the Navigation LawsSugar Act 1764-raising revenue in colonies for the crown

lowered after bitter protestQuartering Act 1765-food and quarters to British troops

forced into admiralty courts, “assumed to be guilty unless they could prove themselves innocentStamp Act 1765-initiates the Stamp Act Congress and nonimportation agreements and Britain repealsDeclaratory Act-Parliament’s right to bind the colonies in all cases whatsoever

Taxes

Townshend Acts 1767light duty on glass, white lead, paper,

paint and teathis was an external tax-

WHY?Revenue to pay for royal governors and judges in AmericaMore smuggling became the practice of importersMarch 5, 1770-Redcoats fired in a group and killed/wounded 11 citizens

More Taxes and a Massacre

Formed in 1772 in BostonDesigned to spread the spirit of resistance by exchanging letters Opposed British policyBy 1773 every colony established one

Committees of correspondence

British East India CompanyComplete monopoly of American tea businessBoston Tea Party

symbolic rallying cry for the nation-why?British reaction

Home rule or intolerable ActsClosed Boston Harborrestrictions on town meetingsenforcing officials indicted for murder of colonists tried in BritainQuartering ActQuebec Actexpanded Catholic jurisdiction into an area earmarked for Protestantism

Tea Brewing in Boston

1st Continental Congress-1774Declaration of rights-John Adams persuades

for revolution over home ruleThe Association-complete boycott of British

goodsParliament rejected Congress’s petitionsLexington and Concord

Britain wanted to seize gunpowder and stop the rebels

Bloodshed

Professional armyPaid MercenariesBritish TreasuryAmerican LoyalistsNative AmericansOppressed IrelandFranceFamilySecond-rate generals/poor food DistancePhysical featuresTraded space for time

Imperial Strengths and Weaknesses

Leadership-George Washington/Ben FranklinForeign Aid-from FranceDefensive FightSelf-sustainingMoral advantage/just causeJealousyEconomic difficulties/inflation

American Pluses and Minuses

Students will complete a paragraph giving analysis and comparison on the 2 political cartoons.

Closing/Exit Ticket