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Monday, Oct. 29

Monday, Oct. 29. Get out your spiral and put your binder on the floor 2. Update your Table of Contents Date Title Entry # 10/25 Revolution Causes 2 Cornell notes 47 10/29 Warm Ups 48 10/29 Causes of the American Revolution: An Overview 49

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Monday, Oct. 29

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  1. Monday, Oct. 29 • Get out your spiral and put your binder on the floor 2. Update your Table of Contents Date Title Entry # 10/25 Revolution Causes 2 Cornell notes 47 10/29 Warm Ups 48 10/29 Causes of the American Revolution: An Overview 49 • Turn to entry #48 and title it Warm-ups 10/29-11/16 • Write and answer the following: The American colonists used the slogan, “No taxation without Representation,” to express their belief in the need for – • Economic interdependence C. Mercantilism • The consent of the governed D. Parliamentary supremacy

  2. Learning Recovery for Thursday 11/1

  3. Learning Recovery for Thursday 11/14th

  4. Learning Recovery for Thursday 11/15th

  5. Learning Recovery for Thursday 11/17th

  6. Learning Recovery for Thursday 11/18th

  7. Boston Massacre movie

  8. Tea Act, 1773 • Britain passed the Tea Act of 1773. It lowered the price of the tea, added a very small tax on it. • But you could only buy from the British East India Co. & no one else. • So, colonists would not allow ships to unload the tea. They had to go back to Britain; except in Boston.

  9. Boston Tea Party • On Dec. 16, 1773, about 50 Sons of Liberty, led by Sam Adams, dressed as Mohawk Indians. • They got onto the 3 ships in Boston Harbor and dumped 342 chests, 90,000 lbs., of tea into the water. ($700,000) • Everybody cheered!

  10. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Ar6cFIfPFW4

  11. The Intolerable Acts, 1774 To punish Boston, King George III passed the Coercive Acts. 1. closed Boston Harbor until all tea was paid for. 2. could have no meetings without permission. 3. Boston Massacre soldiers were to be tried in England. 4. more troops were sent to the colonies to live in the colonists’ homes.

  12. Colonists Unite! *Colonists believed that if this could happen to Boston, it could happen anywhere. *to continue the rebellion, they: 1. closed all their shops 2. smuggled food & money to Boston 3. called for a congress, or meeting of the 13 colonies.

  13. First Continental Congress • Sept. 1774, 55 men from 12 colonies (-Georgia) meet in the Philadelphia State House . • VA- Washington, Richard Henry Lee, Patrick Henry • MA- Samuel Adams, John Adams • NY- John Jay • Goals: • Tell George III to listen & respect the colonists’ complaints. • Boycott British goods • Meet again in May, 1775 • Organize militias (minutemen)

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