Tightening the Screws: Outbreak of the American Revolution

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

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1. “Tightening the Screws” OUTBREAK OF THE AMERICAN REVOLUTION
2. “Tightening the Screws” OUTBREAK OF THE AMERICAN REVOLUTION
3. 1. Britain’s post-war problems 2. Britain’s post-war program 3. Resistance and Retreat 4. Britain’s “nasty plot” 5. Concord and Lexington
4. Schoolhouse ROCK “No More Kings”
5. Schoolhouse ROCK “No More Kings”
6. 1754-63
7. French & Indian War 1754 - 1763
8. 1754-63
10. BRITAIN’S POST-WAR PROBLEMS
11. BRITAIN’S POST-WAR PROBLEMS
12. defense
14. Colonial wartime defense?
15. Colonial wartime defense? meh
16. “peace force” £ 200,000 / year
17. deficit spending
18. 20%
19. 1-2 %
20. BRITAIN’S POST-WAR PROGRAM
21. 7500 soldiers
22. 1/2 ~500 1/4 1/4
23. Parliamentary Taxation
24. SUGAR ACT (1764) £ 20,000
25. SUGAR ACT (1764) £ 20,000
26. STAMP ACT (1765) £ 60,000
27. STAMP ACT (1765) £ 60,000
28. TOWNSHEND DUTIES (1767) £ 40,000
29. TOWNSHEND DUTIES (1767) £ 40,000
30. TOWNSHEND DUTIES (1767) £ 40,000
31. TOWNSHEND DUTIES (1767) £ 40,000
33. RESISTANCE AND RETREAT
35. Parliamentary Taxation WITHOUT REPRESENTATION
36. “Virtual” Representation
39. BOYCOTT
41. Sons of Liberty SoL
45. Result?
46. concessions…
47. repeal Stamp Act (1766)
48. lowered duty on molasses (1766)
49. repeal Townshend Duties (1770)
50. except
51. except
52. BRITAIN’S “NASTY PLOT”
53. Boston “Massacre” 1770
55. Tea Act 1773
56. £
57. £ ££
58. £ ££ £££
59. East India Company
60. £
61. £ ££
63. SoL
64. SoL
66. Britain’s response
67. Gen. Thomas Gage
68. Coercive Acts “Intolerable” or “Repressive” Acts
69. Gage’s decision
70. CONCORD AND LEXINGTON
71. Gage’s decision
73. Gage’s decision
74. “Lay down your arms, you damned rebels...”
75. “Lay down your arms, you damned rebels...”
77. “…[T]he Shot Heard Round the World!” April 19, 1775