Pre-American Revolutionary Events: American Colonies And The American Revolution

On June 7,1776 delegates (members) from the thirteen American colonies came together and met at the Pennsylvania State House that is now called Independence Hall. The men that joined in this undertaking were the men that formed the Second Continental Congress. The American people were already rebelling against King George the Third. This forced the hand of the Congress to decide whether or not the people of America should be a new country by declaring independence. This decision may have been debatably the most important in the world’s history or at least in the Revolution.

The colonists responded to the Coercive Acts of 1774 with resentment, and the act itself stirred thoughts of rebellion amongst the colonies against the British government(Wood, 47). Indignation towards British rule spread throughout the colonies and led to the eventual formation of the First Continental Congress in September 1774 (Wood, 48). With the exception of Georgia, representatives from 12 out of the 13 colonies convened in Philadelphia to discuss their grievances towards Parliament and the King.

-Thesis: This Essay is mainly of how the Second Continental Congress was more significant to Revolutionary War.

The path towards the American Revolution did not unfold with a singular action, but was the result of an almost domino effect of events that stirred unrest in the American colonies. The earliest of these events was the Seven Years’ War, the conflict that took place in the Ohio territories from 1754 to 1763. The war brought forth victory to the Americans and British, but it also brought a shared cost in both lives and money, which led to a chain of events known as the imperial crisis of the 1760’s between the two victors. The first of the events to take place was the uprising of various Native American tribes known as Pontiac’s Rebellion.

The Second Continental Congress was formed on May 10th, 1775 in Philadelphia's State House in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. The Second Continental Congress worked towards unifying the colonies to stand against the British, and form Independence.

The United States underwent political changes in regard to the Second Continental Congress. Times for the colonists had taken a turn for the worst as British soldiers fired into a crowd, creating much propaganda influencing a need for the revolution. Between May and July of 1775, a peace offering was sent to King George III in hopes to avoid conflict and war, in which he turned down profusely. Later in the summer of 1775, after realizing peace was not an option, a group of delegates met in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, this meeting

The patriots didn't really like that Kind George stopped sending goods so the patriots had a couple of people from the thirteen colonies come together to talk about not trading good at all with England. After they were done talking about not trading with England, everyone agreed to stop trade with England. A year later of not trading goods with England the patriots realized they didn't need England and that they were doing just fine by themselves. So a second Continental Congress was called to meet in 1775 to discuss what should be done next and they talked about becoming their own

The state governments did not like the king’s unfair taxes and rules so delegates were sent to Philadelphia to talk about the issues they had with the king’s rulings. This meeting led to the First Continental Congress, which urged the colonists to form militias and boycott British goods.

They put new taxes on imports such as tea, glass, paint, lead, and paper. By putting the tax on these products, it brought direct revenue. Most of the taxes were revoked in 1770 but the one tax on tea, which continued with the Tea Act of 1773. The taxes on these products helped pay the salary of the government officials.

Therefore, the colonists gathered in the First Continental Congress to discuss what they were going to do about these unacceptable laws. Fifty-six delegates came together from 12 of the colonies to unite against Britain. The Second Continental Congress happened soon after where they decided to create an army with George Washington as the general.

Whole class discussion on current class knowledge of 13 colonies and causes of American Revolution (pre-assessment).

Enraged, they illegally dumped thousands of pounds of tea into the harbor, giving it the name “The Boston Tea Party.” It was then the British’s turn to be angry, and as a result, they passed the Coercive, or Intolerable, Acts. These acts spread alarm throughout all thirteen colonies for it made life for the colonist harder and they felt as if all their privacy and rights had been taken from them. It was then the First Continental Congress met with a delegate from each colony, not including Georgia, to discuss a response to these. They came up with a declaration of rights and an agreement to limit boycotts on trade, but British officials didn’t think of it as legitimate and ignored such requests. Following the denial of any chance of rights, fighting and bloodshed started in the towns of Lexington and Concord and the American Revolution began. The Second Continental Congress met shortly after, in which all colonies had delegates that participated, and they became the governing body for the duration of the war. The Declaration of Independence was adopted and signed by these delegates thus freeing the ties of the American and

By 1767, a series of taxations were introduced to the English Parliament by Charles Townshend called The Townshend Revenue Acts. These

Although Britain was pleased with their victories, the Ohio River Valley and the Great Lakes region kept the tension building. In response, the French built three forts to oversee and make sure the British did not enter the Ohio River Valley, in which the British responded with a gathering. The British knew they were not as organized or experienced as the French, so in 1754, seven colonies sent delegates to New York to discuss their alliance with a tribe of American Indians, the Iroquois League. While the Albany Plan of Union was sent for ratification, the French and the British strived to build forts along the Ohio River. The French usually won all the battles that resulted from these forts, but in 1754, when the French captured Washington and his men, the British declared war against the French. In the beginning, the war was not going well for the British, but they managed to pull through and capture plenty of vital French forts and cities. Great Britain and France finally signed a Treaty of Paris in 1763. This treaty gave Britain Canada, the French lands east of the Mississippi River, and Florida, while Spain (which was allied with France) received Louisiana. After the French and Indian War, the British began settling in the fertile lands of the Ohio River Valley. However, the American Indians had already lived in the Ohio River Valley for centuries and they were not ready to surrender their homelands. These Indian

Summative Objective 2 for this instruction: Students will know the major events that led to the American Revolution.