Outbreak of the American Revolution. Britain's post-war problems and program, Colonial resistance and British concessions, Sons of Liberty, Lexington and Concord

1. “Tighteningthe Screws”
OUTBREAK OF THE AMERICAN REVOLUTION

2. SchoolhouseROCK
“NoMoreKings”

3. 1. Britain’spost-warproblems
2. Britain’spost-warprogram
3. ResistanceandRetreat
4. Britain’s“nastyplot”
5. ConcordandLexington

4. 1754-63

5. French & Indian War
1754 - 1763

7. BRITAIN’S
POST-WAR PROBLEMS

8. defense

10. Colonial defense?
meh

11. “peace force”
£ 200,000 / year

12. deficit spending

13. 20%

14. 1-2 %

15. BRITAIN’S
POST-WAR PROGRAM

16. 7500 soldiers

17. 1/2
~500
1/4
1/4

18. Navigation Acts
1650s, 1660s, 1670s

19. Parliamentary Taxation

20. regulate vs revenue

21. SUGAR ACT (1764)
£ 20,000

22. STAMP ACT (1765)
£ 60,000

23. TOWNSHEND DUTIES (1767)
£ 40,000

24. TOWNSHEND DUTIES (1767)
£ 40,000

25. TOWNSHEND DUTIES (1767)
£ 40,000

27. RESISTANCE AND RETREAT

28. Parliamentary Taxation
WITHOUT REPRESENTATION

29. “Virtual” Representation

31. BOYCOTT

32. Sons of Liberty
SoL

36. Result?

37. concessions…

38. repeal Stamp Act (1766)

39. lowered duty on molasses (1766)

40. repeal Townshend Duties (1770)

41. except

42. BRITAIN’S “NASTY PLOT”

43. Boston “Massacre”
1770

45. Tea Act
1773

46. £
££
£££

47. East India Company

48. £
££

50. SoL

51. SoL

53. Britain’s response

54. Gen. Thomas Gage

55. Coercive Acts
“Intolerable” or “Repressive” Acts

56. Gage’s decision

57. CONCORD AND LEXINGTON

58. Gage’s decision

60. Gage’s decision

61. “Lay down your arms,
you damned rebels...”

62. “Lay down your arms,
you damned rebels...”

64. “…[T]he
Shot Heard
Round the World!”
April 19, 1775