I. British
Policies and Colonial Reactions
A.
Sugar
Act (1764)
B.
Stamp
Act (1765)
1.
Sons
of Liberty and Sam Adams
2.
Stamp
Act Congress
3.
Franklin’s
Role
4.
British
Reaction
5.
Declaratory
Act
C.
Townshend
Acts (1767)
1.
Writs
of Assistance
2.
American
Reaction
3.
Troops
are sent to keep order
4.
Boston
Massacre (1770)
5.
Committees
of Correspondence
D.
Tea
Act (1773)
1.
Why
it annoyed the colonials
2.
Boston
Tea Party (1773)
E.
Intolerable
or Coercive Acts (1774)
F.
First
Continental Congress (1774)
II. Blows
Must Decide
A.
Patrick
Henry
B.
Lexington
and Concord (April, 1775)
C.
Fort
Ticonderoga (May, 1775)
D.
Battle
of Bunker Hill (Breed’s Hill)
E.
Second
Continental Congress (1775-1776)
F.
Attack
on Canada
III. Independence
A.
“Common
Sense”
B.
Resolution
for Independence (Richard Henry Lee – June, 1776)
C.
Thomas
Jefferson
D.
Declaration
of Independence (July, 1776)
1.
Analysis
of the Preamble
2.
The
Syllogism of Liberty
3.
Attack
on the King
4.
Conclusion
IV. British and
American Advantages
A.
British
B.
American