Chapter 7, Lesson 3

1. Chapter 7, Lesson 3 ACOS #5b: Identify reasons for the French and Indian War. ACOS #5c: Describe the impact of the French and Indian War on the settlement of the colonies. ACOS #7: Identify events leading to the American Revolution, including the French and Indian War, the Stamp Act, the Intolerable Acts, the Boston Massacre, and the Boston Tea Party. ACOS #8: Identify major events of the American Revolution, including the Battles of Lexington and Concord, Bunker Hill, and Yorktown.

2. Trouble in Boston • British soldiers are placed in Boston. • Boston does not want the soldiers there. • Colonists argued and fought with soldiers.

3. Boston Massacre More soldiers arrived and started shooting at the colonists • Nine British soldiers faced an angry mob of colonists The colonists began to argue and throw snowballs at the soldiers Five colonists, including Crispus Attucks, were killed

4. Colonists Take Action • Paul Revere created a picture of the Boston Massacre showing the colonists peaceful and the soldiers angry. • The Sons of Liberty used this picture to convince the colonists that the British were dangerous. • The soldiers stood trial, with John Adams defending them. • Six soldiers were found innocent and two were lightly punished. They were believed to be defending themselves from the angry crowd.

5. Committees of Correspondence • In 1772, Samuel Adams and other colonists set up the Committees of Correspondence. • These were written letters to share news of important events happening in the colonies. • They kept the colonists informed of what the British were doing and what actions they could take.

6. The Boston Tea Party • 1773 Tea Act • Allowed East India Company of Britain to sell tea cheaper than the smuggled tea. • Colonists smuggled tea to keep from paying the British tea tax. • Boston Merchants would not sell the tea. • British officials would not let the tea go back to Britain. • On December 16, 1773, the colonists (dressed like Indians), threw the tea overboard into the Boston Harbor.

7. Intolerable Acts • Britain was mad about the Boston Tea Party • Lord Frederick North of Parliament passed the Coercive acts to force colonists to do what Britain wanted • Trade stopped between Boston and Britain • More British soldiers came to Boston and the colonists had to quarter (house) them

8. The First Continental Congress • Colonists sent representatives to Philadelphia to discuss the Intolerable Acts • Congress wrote a letter to King George III and said the colonists should have the same freedoms as the other British citizens • Congress also asked King George to repeal the Intolerable Acts and to stop taxing the colonies • Colonists began to train for battle • King George III sent more soldiers to Boston

9. Vocabulary Review The killing of many people massacre Written communication correspondence To give people food and shelter quarter One person chosen to speak or act for a number of people delegate An event or action that makes something happen cause Another event or action that is the result of the cause effect

10. Vocabulary Review tax Money people pay their government in return for services The secret import or export of illegal goods smuggling Another word for freedom. Freedom from being controlled by gov’t. liberty An event about which people complain about an issue protest To refuse to buy, sell, or use products as a way of protesting boycott To take a law out of effect-to stop a law. To cancel a law. repeal

11. Vocabulary Review, continued a person or group who has joined together to accomplish a goal ally congress a meeting of representatives to discuss a subject A fight against a government rebellion proclamation an official public statement