The document summarizes the key events leading up to the American Revolutionary War from 1763-1775. It describes the growing tensions between the colonists and British parliament over taxation and laws like the Stamp Act, Quartering Act, and Intolerable Acts. This led the colonists to hold the First Continental Congress in 1774 and start militias like the minutemen. Armed conflict officially began with the Battles of Lexington and Concord in 1775, after which the Second Continental Congress formed the Continental Army under George Washington.

1. THE ROAD TO INDEPENDENCE 1763-1775

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7. Proclamation of 1763

10. REQUIRED THE COLONIES TO QUARTER (house & supply) BRITISH SOLDIERS QUARTERING ACT OF 1765

11. QUARTERING ACT

16. STAMP ACT

19. FUNERAL OF THE STAMP ACT WHAT IS THE MAN 4 TH IN LINE CARRYING? HOW DOES THE CARTOON PICTURE MEMBERS OF PARLIAMENT? WHAT SYMBOLS ARE USED TO SHOW THE DEATH OF THE STAMP ACT?

22. Massacre or Mass Media ?

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29. The Bloody Massacre Perpetrated in King Street, Paul Revere, 1770 What Is Wrong With This Picture?

30. The Bloody Massacre Perpetrated in King Street, Paul Revere, 1770 PROPAGANDA The soldiers are all being ordered to fire by their commander. From the testimony at the trial, we know that the firing was not ordered.

31. The Bloody Massacre Perpetrated in King Street, Paul Revere, 1770 The crowd is shown unarmed and defenseless. In fact, the crowd threw snowballs and many carried clubs. What Is Wrong With This Picture?

32. The Bloody Massacre Perpetrated in King Street, Paul Revere, 1770 What Is Wrong With This Picture?

34. PARTY LIKE IT’S 1773! Rally Mohawks Bring Out Your Axes Tell King George We’ll Pay No Taxes

39. BETWEEN WAR & PEACE COMMITTEE OF SAFETY ; POWER TO CALL OUT MILITIA IN MASSACHUSETTS GIVE ME LIBERTY OR GIVE ME DEATH! Speech delivered to the HOUSE OF BURGESSES THE COMMITTEES OF CORRESPONDENCE COMMUNICATION SYSTEM WITH NEIGHBORING COLONIAL LEADERS –colonies were able to unify and help one another (I.e., colonies sent supplies to Boston when harbor was closed) John Hancock Patrick Henry

47. THE BATTLE OF BUNKER (BREED’S) HILL, JUNE, 1775

52. Common Sense Thomas Paine, 1776 JANUARY 1776; POPULAR 46 PAGE PAMPHLET CALLING FOR INDEPENDENCE!