1. List and describe two of the taxes placed on the colonies2. List and describe two ways the colonists resisted the actions of the British government.

Study for your Unit Two Quiz!!

Warm Up Oct. 4•Get out your RESISTANCE card.

•Fill in the second box giving an example of resistance that we have discussed this unit.

•Fill in the third box explaining how your example is significant to the course of history.

The Move Towards Independence

Differences between the First and Second Continental Congress

First Continental Congress• group of colonial leaders who met in

Philadelphia to discuss their problems with Great Britain

• did NOT seek separation from Great Britain.

• Decided to respond to British actions by continuing the boycott and...

• The Declaration of Rights colonists asked the king and parliament to recognize their rights as English citizens and asked the king to change the policies toward the colonies.

• would meet again if this did not work

Who is King George III

King of Great Britain during the Revolutionary War

Lexington and Concord•British military leaders in

the colonies grew uneasy when local militias seemed to be preparing for action.

•Learning of weapons stored in Concord, British set out to capture them.

•Colonists discovered this plan. Paul revere set out to warn the towns.

Lexington and Concord

“The British are coming, the British are coming!”

Lexington and Concord•minutemen: ready to fight in a

minutes notice, met the British troops in Lexington.

•Suddenly a shot rang out! 8 minutemen were left dead.

•The British marched onto Concord where most of the weapons had been hidden.

•“SHOT HEARD ‘ROUND THE WORLD!” - first shot of the Revolutionary War.

Second Continental Congress

•King George refused to address the concerns in the Declaration of Rights

•were not united about what to do but represented the first attempt at a republican government.

•Formed the Continental Army. George Washington was appointed the commander.

•Washington prepared for war and congress pursued peace.

Second Continental Congress•Signed the Olive Branch Petition as a final attempt to make amends with Great Britain.

•King George refused to read it.

•Being ignored by the King and with fighting between colonists and British continuing a committee to write the Declaration of Independence was formed.

•In 1776, the Declaration of Independence was signed.

Loyalist or Patriot

•What do you think the term loyalist means?

•What do you think the term patriot means?

LOYALIST: colonists who sided with Britain during the Revolutionary War.

PATRIOT: colonists who fought for independence from Great Britain during

the Revolutionary War.

Several events occurred between the meeting of the First Continental Congress and when the

Second Continental Congress declared independence.

1. Name at least two of these events and explain why they would convince the Second Continental Congress to declare independence?

2. If you had been a representative in the Second Continental Congress, would you have voted to go to war against Britain or continue to try to make peace?

Warm-Up 10.6•How were the goals of the first continental congress different from the goals of the second continental congress.