Yash and Purahar's Road to Revolution

Road To Revolution

By: Yash and Purahar

Navigation Acts - 1600

French and Indian War - 1754 - 1763

Albany Plan - 1754

Pontiac's Rebellion - 1763 - 1765

Sugar Act - 1754

Stamp Act - 1765

Quartering Act - 1765

Boston Massacre - 1770

Tea Act - 1773

Intolerable Acts - 1774

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First Continental Congress

Second Continental Congress

Common Sense

Declaration of Independence

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Brief Summary: Thomas Paine advocated for the colonists to consider values of democracy, freedom, and individuals rights and demand independence from the unjust British Crown.Analysis: This was a change from earlier goals of community leaders to bring reform the Parliament system of colonial decision making. Advocates for independence further influenced colonists.Perspective: Thomas Paine and other leaders realized that it was not practical to reform the corrupt and oppressive governance of the British Crown over the colonies. Therefore, they wanted independence. Broader Significance: Colonists were led to the conclusion that independence was their best option.

Common Sense - 1776

Brief Summary: An escalation of colonists protesting against a British loyalist solider into a riot that caused the death of 5 soldiers.Analysis: In light of a growing sense of autonomy and unity among the thirteen colonies, the colonists were enraged by this tragedy and directed their anger toward the British Crown. This was different from previous sentiment toward Britain beause a new perception of divide between the colonists and the British.Broader Significance: This contributed to growing resentment which eventually resulted in the Boston Tea Party when the British Parliament passed another oppressive measure known as the Tea Act.

Boston Massacre - 1770

Brief Summary: A tax that is needed to be placed on documents . Those who pay such taxes, recieve a stamp, which make those documents legal.Analysis: This was different from the navigation acts (See event 1) as the navigation acts restricted trade while this act restricted the legalization of certain documents pertaining to that person. Broader Significance: British Parliament tried to raise direct reveneue from taxation of the colonies.Perspective: Colonists >>> They were losing money and it was hurting the economy >>> No Taxation without Representation.

Stamp Act - 1765

French and Indian War - 1754-63

Brief Summary: A conflict between the British and French imperial powers regarding overlapping land claims in North America. Analysis: The French and Indian war resulted from land dispute over the Ohio River Valley (a key territory for economic expansion). As a result, the balance of power between groups like the Native Americans (Iroquois Confederacy) and colonists shifted.Perspective: The rebalancing of power described above was a majorly a result of costs incurred during the war to both sides, as well as discontent with policy (taxes) regarding and outcomes of the conflict.Broader Significance: Led to British oppression (taxes)

Brief Summary: Outlined the reasons that the Thirteen Colonies were separating from the British Crown including grievances against the Crown as well as common American values.Analysis: As a legal document that described in detail the relationship between a people and its government as a social contract, the Declaration of Independence was similar to the Magna Carta. Perspective: Thomas Jefferson and the Committee of Five in their confidence in a new, independent nation, declared their intentions to form a new nation and provided justification for the necessity of the American Revolution.Broader Significance: Provided a framework for the new government provided confidence for colonists to revolt.

Declaration of Independence - 1776

Brief Summary: A discussion between representatives from 12 colonies regarding the Intolerable Acts but also about relations with the Natives.Analysis: The First Continental Congress represented continued democracy in decision making regarding important issues of the colonies. The desire to fundamentally general reform to Crown/colonist relations differed from the previous perceived reaction to individual oppresive acts.Perspective: Discontent with the system of virtual representation in the British Parliament.Broader Significance: Organized discussion with urgency of long term changes to the relationship of British Crown and colonists.

First Continental Congress - 1774

Navigation Acts - 1660

Brief Summary: The Navigation Act were laws enacted by the British Parliament in order to manage trading with the established coloniesAnalysis: These laws specifically angered merchants, colonists, and traders as it restricted their trade with other nations.This caused the concept of salutary neglect, allowing colonists to defy acts and laws such as the Navigation Acts. Salutary neglect was a concept that ended early, however it proved to the colonists that they had the capability to rebel and resist against the British Parliament and build their own soveriegn state. Broader Significance: Britian wanted to control colonial trade to profit solely from the colonies

Albany Plan - 1754

Brief Summary: Benjamin Franklin's proposal to unify the thirteen colonies under a single government to respond to conflict during the French and Indian War. Analysis: Although the Albany Plan was different from later proposals (like Common Sense) to unite the colonies under an independent government, it continued to demonstrate the power of the colonies to make democratic decisions autonomously.Perspective: Iroquois Confederacy felt threatened by the centralization of British colonial authority, due to previous tense relations regarding land encroaching and treaty deception.Broader Significance: Demonstrated colonies' autonomy

Brief Summary: A series of acts that the colonists saw as injust on the part of the British Parliament. They included the Quartering Act (forced colonists to provide shelter to British solider (see Event 7), and it also included the Tea Act (see Event 9).Analysis: The Intolerable Acts were similar to the Navigation Acts (see Event 1) in that they continued to restrict certain freedoms of the British colonists. However, the Intolerable Acts inspired the First Continetnal Congress (see Event 11).Perspective: Even more than as a way to repair the damages of the French and Indian War, the British Crown saw these acts as a punishment toward the colonists for the Boston Tea PartyBroader Significance: Encouraged discussions with serious consideration of independence from or at least reform to government. d

Intolerable Acts - 1774

Brief Summary: These acts coerced locals in the 13 colonies to provide British Soldiers with housing and food, regardless of their choice. Analysis: These acts caused a great amount of turmoil between the 13 colonies and Great Britain. This then led to a rebellion that argued to not be taxed and forced to house soldiers without representation (Crazy how people don't like random soldiers in their house).Broader Significance: Britain wanted to manage the colonies by placing British soldiers in their homes, especially after the 7-Years War. They also did this to reduce the cost of maintaining the Military >>> Conflict w/ colonists.

Quartering Act - 1765

Brief Summary: A series of acts legalized by Britain to place taxes from the tea imported from the British East India Company to keep the company alive and get rid of the massive amount of the tea that was being held. Analysis: These acts infuriated the colonists as they believed tgat this taxing of tea was meant as means for a monopoly in addition to taxing without representing. This event was resulted from the need to keep the British East India Company alive and utilize all the excess amount of tea that the BEIC had.Broader Significance: The BEIC was in financial debt and turmoil, on the verge of dying out. The parliament also wated to assert their authority to let the colonists know who is in charge.

Tea Act - 1773

Brief Summary: This was a meeting of the representatives from the 13 colonies that were established. They were responsible for overseeing foreign affairs, drafting the Declaration of Independence, and functioning as a government during the American Revolution.Analysis & Broader Significance: This was different from the 1st Continental congress as the 1st CC formed in order to address the grievances against Parliamentary decisions such as the Intolerable Acts. The 2nd CC was formed in order to address the inevitable independence and govern the colonists through the conflict that has already begun.Perspective: British Parliament retaliated through force and did not hear the colonists' grievances.

Second Continental Congress - 1775

Pontiac's Rebellion - 1763

Brief Summary: A formation of Native Americans who did not want to tolerate British rule. A war was fought to drive the settlers away from the Great Lake region.Analysis: This was similar to the Pueblo revolt as Pontiac’s rebellion was meant to drive colonists from encroaching on their land, similar to the Pueblo revolt where the natives were fighting to prevent land encroachment.Broader Significance: Rebellion sparked through colonial land needs. Proclamation of 1763 prevent encroachment of land by the colonists. However, the colonists still felt that the land was their's by right, Causing conflict between Parliament and colonies,

Sugar Act - 1764

Brief Summary: Was an act for the sole purpose of ending the illegal smuggling of molasses into the colonies and raise revenue for military and defense expenses post French and Indian War. Analysis: This caused many colonists to riot and protest against these acts, as these acts began to impact the imports of molasses that the colonists needed. Taxation without Representation begain as the colonists realized that they needed have a voice in parliament.Broader Significance: This was the effect of the 7-years War.Perspective: Colonists >>> They had to deal with economic failure, but now they also had to deal with acts >>> rebelling is best