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Warm Up . Grab a Historical Fiction Summary Sheet from front table and complete. Also take out Historical Fiction Project Sheet. The Presentation. 3 Parts for Presentation Talk about the Plot Connect to History Talk about the real history. The Poster
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Warm Up Grab a Historical Fiction Summary Sheet from front table and complete. Also take out Historical Fiction Project Sheet.
The Presentation • 3 Parts for Presentation • Talk about the Plot • Connect to History • Talk about the real history • The Poster • Half a piece of poster board (no larger) • Extra Credit? • Get you in your collage
Taxation without Representation The Events Leading to the Revolution!
Prior to F+I War • The Navigation Acts • All Trade must go to England • Smuggling became popular pastime
Effects of F + I War • Fur Trade • Huge Debt • Colonies must pay • Proclamation of 1763
Debts & Taxing • How were taxes collected?
The Sugar Act 1764 • Taxed foreign molasses • Made foreign sugar and molasses more expensive than British • Seize goods without court
The Stamp Act 1765 • Tax on all printed material • Angered colonists • Tax without consent • Interfere with colonial affairs • Protests break out
Stamp Act Congress • 9 colonies urge boycott • Colonial leaders meet New York • Ended with Repeal in 1766 • Declaratory Act 1766
Townshend Acts 1767 • Import Taxes • Lead, paint, paper, glass and tea imported by colonists • NY Legislature suspended until agrees to quartering of troops
Guided Reading Work • Due Fri Oct 1st
Warm Up • Grab the “Addendum” sheet • Take out Taxation Worksheet • Using Same directions as taxation sheet complete the Stamp Act Congress and Boston Massacre entries
Unrest Builds! • Boston • Unjust Laws • 2 Regiments of troops
Primary Source Read • The Incident in Boston • March 5, 1770
Warm Up • Take Out Colonial Grievance Worksheet
Historical Fiction Warm Up • Grab a Historical Fiction Summary Sheet and Complete
Warm Up Take Out Taxation Sheet and complete any remaining entries & Hand in Sons o’ Liberty / Committee of Correspondence activity on front table
Review • Why did England pass their F&I war debt to the colonies? • Which town became the hotbed for anti-taxation protest? • What happened between a mob and a group of British soldiers in that town? • What is propaganda?
News Spreads! • Propaganda – twisted truth, or misinformation designed to gain an advantage • Committees of Correspondence – Letter writing groups organized to keep other colonies informed of British actions in the colonies
Tea Problems • Townshend Acts repealed • Except for Tea • Period of calm ensues in colonies
The Tea Act of 1773 • British Tea Company losing money in colonies • Dutch Merchants selling cheaper Tea • Tax makes non – British East India Company very expensive • Colonists extremely angry!
Boston Tea Party • December 16, 1773
The “Intolerable” Acts • Coercive Acts • Boston Harbor Closed • Government Shut Down • Pay for Tea • House soldiers in homes
Warm Up • Take out your timelines and complete • With each timeline entry add a small illustration
The Continental Congress September 1774
Continental Congress • 55 Delegates from 12 colonies • Met in Philly • Who came?
The Minutes • List of Grievances • Boycott of all English Goods • Suffolk Resolves • Arm militia around Boston
Trouble Brewing… • Sir Thomas Gage • 700 troops to Concord
The Shot Heard Round the World • Lexington – 70 militia • March to Concord • Long March Home