a powerpoint on the people and events behind the American Revolution

1. The Events and People Behind the American Revolution

2. Passed March 22, 1765 Passed by British Parliament Taxed colonists on all paper products Viewed as fundraising for England Repealed in 1766 The Stamp Act

3. Dec. 16, 1773 at Griffin’s Warf Men threw tea into Harbor 9.7 thousand pounds = 18.5 million cups of tea Turned harbor brown for days Only 1 man sent to prison In protest of “taxation without representation” Boston Tea Party Kevin Dooley, Bronze Franklin Mint Boston Tea Party Bicentennial 1973, July 20, 2007 via Flickr, Creative Commons License

4. Passed in 1774 Response to Boston Tea Party Consisted of 5 laws: Massachusetts Bay Regulating Act Governor appoints law officers Has rights to ban town meetings The Intolerable Acts

5. Impartial Administration of Justice Act Trials moved to England. Boston Port Act Dumped tea must be paid for. Quartering Act Royal troops can stay in houses The Intolerable Acts Ct’d

6. Quebec Act Catholics in Quebec earned: Religious freedom Right to civil government The Intolerable Acts Ct’d

7. March 5, 1770 5 colonists shot and killed Colonists throwing snowballs Soldier was hit and became angry Soldiers say colonists surrounded them. Boston Massacre Marion Doss, Boston Massacre, June 18, 2008 via Flickr, Creative Commons License

8. Commander of British Forces French/Indian War- Fort Necessity Elected to first Continental Congress Commander in Chief during American Revolution First President of US Supporter of Constitution George Washington Joye~, George Washington, May 3, 2009 via Flickr, Creative Commons License

9. Gift for public speaking Member of the House of Burgess Spoke out against the Stamp Act March 1775- 1st Revolutionary Convention 1775- British must pay for gunpowder “Give me Liberty or give me death” Patrick Henry Marion Doss, Patrick Henry Denounces Unjust Taxation, October 8, 2008 via Flickr, Creative Commons License

10. 1774- A Summary view of the rights of British America Member of second Continental Congress Head of Committee- wrote Declaration of Independence Spokesman during revolution President of US from 1801-1807 Thomas Jefferson cliff1066™, Thomas Jefferson (The Edgehill Portrait), Third President (1801-1809), August 26, 2008 via Flickr, Creative Commons License

11. Against stamp act- knew it was unavoidable Kept buying stamps from friend John Hughes. Almost ruined reputation and killed Hughes Benjamin Franklin cliff1066™, Benjamin Franklin, August 26, 2008 via Flickr, Creative Commons License

12. Tried to bridge gap between colonies and England 1765 - 1775 wrote 126 articles explaining opposing views. Though unpopular, elected to 2nd Continental Congress Ben Franklin Ct’d

13. Published Common Sense in 1776. Traveled with Army, failed as soldier Produced TheCrisis, inspiring the army. This pamphlet = more popular than Superbowl. Stopped working for revolution, went home to England Thomas Paine AnimatedAtlas, Thomas_Paine, July 6, 2011 via Flickr, Creative Commons License

14. Wrote essays about Boston political ideas Encouraged goods boycott to protest Townshend Acts Part of 1779 Massachusetts Constitutional Convention Governor of Massachusetts from 1789-1793 Member of the Continental Congress from 1774-1781 Samuel Adams Marion Doss, Samuel Adams- bust x, November 8, 2008 via Flickr, Creative Commons License

15. 2nd President of U.S. 1st Vice President Known for skills as a lawyer Wrote many essays for Boston newspapers Wrote letters of protest to great Britain Did little to help write the Declaration of Independence. John Adams cliff1066™, John Adams, Second President (1797-1801), August 26, 2008 via Flickr, Creative Commons License

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