The Stirrings of rebellion

1. The Stirrings of rebellion Chapter 4: Section 1

2. Do Now: Respect Talk • Obj: • Colonists objections to British taxes • Tensions Rise in MA • Battle of Lexington and Concord • HW: Active Read 4.2

3. Colonies organize to resist • The Stamp Act: • Passed by George Grenville in 1765 • Required colonists to purchase special “stamped” paper for legal documents, license, newspaper, and pamphlet • Colonists outraged, disobey would end with colonist arrest • Stamp Act Protests: • Sons of Liberty violently protested Stamp Act • Attack stamp agents and royal governors alike • Merchants in New York, Boston, and Philadelphia boycott British manufactured goods…. • 1766 British Parliament repeals the Stamp Act….!!!

4. “taxation without representation” • The Townshend Acts: • Indirect tax levied on glass, lead, paint, paper, and tea • Samuel Adams of Boston calls for another boycott of British goods • Colonial women give up British luxuries and exchange tea recipes from birch bark • 1768 British seize John Hancock’s ship the Liberty under suspicion of smuggling goods • The colonists riot, and as a result the British station 2,000 “redcoats” in Boston…

5. Tension mounts in MA • “The Boston Massacre”: • March 5, 1770 • Angered over lack of jobs a mob gathers in front of a Customs House in Boston • The angry mob hurls ice balls and wooden clubs at the British soldiers • Shots are fired and five are killed • Bostonians call it the Boston Massacre to stir up rebellious spirit

6. The Boston tea Party • Tea boycotts are running British Tea companies out of business • Britain tries to sell tea directly to consumers cheaper than Boston merchants can (Tea Act) • Hopes colonist will buy cheaper tea and save their company • Colonists protest instead…..

7. The Boston tea party • Dec. 16, 1773 • Colonists dressed like Native Americans break into British ships carrying tea in Boston Harbor. • Dump nearly 18,000 lbs of British Tea into the harbor • Incident becomes known as “The Boston Tea Party”

8. The intolerable acts&First continental congress • Furious over the Boston Tea Party King George III passed the a series of laws the colonists called the Intolerable Acts: • Shut down Boston Harbor • Quartering Act- British soldiers could be housed in Boston homes and buildings • Placed Massachusetts under martial law- military control • First Continental Congress: • 1774 56 delegates from the colonies met in Philadelphia to discuss the rights of the colonies • They supported the MA protests and told Britain they would fight if pushed to it

9. Lexington and Concord • After the First Continental Congress civilians or Minutemen began to arm themselves • Stockpiling large amounts of guns and ammunition in Concord MA, outside of Boston • British generals learn of this and plan to march to Concord and destroy an armory in its path….

10. “The regulars are coming!” • As British troops left Boston for Concord series of riders left to spread the word: • Paul Revere, William Dawes, and Samuel Prescott warned the Minutemen that British regulars were coming and to be prepared • They also warned John Hancock and Sam Adams that British were coming to capture them…

11. “Shot heard round the World” • Minutemen gathered at Lexington Common (on way to Concord) to resist the British • 70 Minutemen stood ground against British Army of 700 • When told to disperse the Minutemen remained • A shot was fired from somewhere and the British open up on the militia killing 8 men…