The document outlines key events leading up to the American Revolution from 1770 to 1776, including the Boston Massacre, the Tea Act, the Intolerable Acts, the First Continental Congress, the Boston Tea Party, the Battles of Lexington and Concord, the Second Continental Congress, Common Sense, and the Declaration of Independence. Committees of Correspondence were formed to spread resistance to British policies between colonies. Tensions escalated over taxation and laws imposed by the British Parliament, culminating in the colonies declaring independence.

1. The Road to Revolution (1770-1776)

2. Was the American Revolution Inevitable?

3. Tar and Feathering

4. The Boston Massacre (March 5,1770)

5. The Gaspee Incident (1772) Providence, RI coast

6. Committees of Correspondence Purpose  warn neighboring colonies about incidents with Br.  broaden the resistance movement.

8. The Coercive or Intolerable Acts (1774) Lord North 1. Port Bill 2. Government Act 4. Administration of Justice Act 3. New Quartering Act

9. The Quebec Act (1774)

10. First Continental Congress (1774) 55 delegates from 12 colonies Agenda  How to respond to the Coercive Acts & the Quebec Act? 1 vote per colony represented.

11. Boston Tea Party (1775)

12. The British Are Coming . . . Paul Revere & William Dawes make their midnight ride to warn the Minutemen of approaching British soldiers.

13. The Shot Heard ’ Round the World ! Lexington & Concord – April 18,1775

14. The Second Continental Congress (1775) Olive Branch Petition

15. Was the American Revolution Inevitable??

16. Thomas Paine : Common Sense

17. Declaration of Independence (1776)

18. Declaration of Independence

19. Independence Hall

20. New National Symbols