Chapter 5

Road to
Independence
 Section 1
Taxation Without
Representation
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Taxation Without
Representation
 Section 2
Building Colonial
Unity
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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
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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