Chapter 5

Road to

Independence

Section 1

Taxation Without

Representation

End of Section 1

Taxation Without

Representation

Section 2

Building Colonial

Unity

End of Section 2

Building Colonial

Unity

Section 3

A Call To Arms

King George’s Response

•Coercive/Intolerable Acts

•Close Boston Harbor (until tea is

paid for)

•Banned town meetings

•Shelter soldiers

•Quebec Act - let French into

Quebec

First Continental Congress

• Colonies realize need to work

together

– Called for repeal of 13 Acts

– Boycott all British goods and trade

Endorse Suffolk Resolves

•Call to Form Militias - groups of

citizen soldiers

•Leaders thought fighting would

be contained to New England.

•Minutemen - ready on a

moments notice

Lexington & Concord

•British

worried

about

weapon

stockpiles

- ordered

to move on

them

Paul Revere

•Alerted

colonists

that the

“Regulars

are out”

Shot Heard Round the World

•1st Skirmish of Revolutionary War

•70 minutemen confront @

Lexington - 8 Die

•Move to Concord Bridge - 73

British Die

Choosing Sides / Building Forces

•Calls sent out for volunteers -

20,000 Americans join

•British surround Boston

•Picking Sides

•Loyalist - side with the British

•Patriots - fight British

Battle of Bunker Hill

•Americans hold the high ground -

kill 1,000 British

•Run out of gunpowder, retreat

•Costly victory for the British

End of Section 3

A Call To Arms

Section 4

Moving Toward

Independence

2nd Continental Congress

• Who’s There?

– Ben Franklin

– John Adams

– Thomas Jefferson

– Samuel Adams

• President: John Hancock

2nd Continental Congress

• Authorized

printing of

money

• Set up Post

Office

2nd Continental Congress

• Established

Continental

Army -

headed by

George

Washington

2nd Continental Congress

• Drafted the Olive Branch

Petition - attempt to make

peace with King George III

Support for Independence

• Common

Sense -

pamphlet that

highlighted

problems with

England

• Written by

Thomas Paine

Declaration of Independence

• Jefferson

chosen to

write the

declaration -

because he

was intelligent,

young and from

the South.

Declaration of Independence

• Purpose: Explain Reasons for

separation

Declaration of Independence

• Lists Basic Human Rights:

–Life

–Liberty

–The Pursuit of Happiness

Declaration of Independence

• However, these rights may

only apply to white males

Declaration of Independence

Adopted on

July 4th, 1776

End of Section 4

Moving Toward

Independence