The Stirrings of Rebellion

1. The Stirrings of Rebellion US History-10.15.13

2. New method while reading • Subheadings=main ideas • Each subheading has bullet points outlining the details of that heading • Example: • Main Idea = Subheading • Detail • Detail • Detail • Further information Outline notes

3. The Stamp Act • Required colonists to buy stamped paper for every legal document, newspapers, etc. • EVERY colonist was affected • If they broke the law on the Stamp Act, they would be tried in court/convicted • Stamp Act Protests • Sons of Liberty • Led by political activist, Samuel Adams • Organized to protest the Stamp Act • Patrick Henry • Put forth a resolution in the Virginia Assembly: Virginian’s could only be taxed by the Virginia Assembly/their own representatives • Merchants in Boston, New York, and Philadelphia did not import goods until the Stamp Act was repealed. • It worked until Parliament passed the Declaratory Act: Asserted Parliaments right to make laws that bound the colonists in all cases. The Colonies Organize to Resist Britain

4. The Townsend Acts • Charles Townsend figured out a new way to collect money from colonists • Indirect taxes • Taxes on imported materials that went into the colonies from Britain • Three penny tax on tea, the colonies’ most popular drink • Colonists continue to protest • “Taxation without representation” • Sam Adams called for more protests specifically on British goods • Women became involved by protesting lavish British fabrics and adornments • Conflicts intensify • British seized John Hancock’s ship, Liberty • Said Hancock imported goods from Madeira and did not pay his tax • British stationed “Redcoats,” or British soldiers in Boston The Colonies Organize to Resist Britain

5. The Boston Massacre • March 5, 1770 • Fight broke out over jobs • Colonists were looking for work as were the British colonists who were not paid well • Crispus Attucks and dockhands arrived outside a Customs House. He was killed • An attack on a British boat later broke out in Rhode Island. The attackers were brought to England for trial. • Committees of Correspondence • Linked leaders in all colonies to communicate about threats to America. • The Boston Tea Party • British East India Company was hit hard by colonial tea boycotts and about to go bankrupt with 17,000 million pounds of tea in warehouses • Wanted to sell tea to the colonies free of taxes • Colonists protested on December 16, 1773 • Colonists dressed at “Indians” dumped 18,000 pounds of tea into the Boston Harbor QUESTION: Why would the colonists be angry about the desire to sell tea to the colonists at a cheaper price? Tension Mounts in Massachusetts

6. Intolerable Acts: King George III was angry of destruction of British property • Shut down harbor • Quartering Act: Housing of soldiers • Martial Law: rule by the military • Colonial Response • First Continental Congress • September 1774 56 delegates met in Philadelphia • Declaration of Colonial Rights • Defended the colonies’ rights to run their own affairs Tension Mounts in Massachusetts

7. Minutemen • Civilian soldiers stocked up on firearms • Spring 1775: British General Gage sent troops to look for the stockpiles of firearms and ruin them • Gage got news of where Hancock and S. Adams were and planned to seize them • “The Redcoats are coming!” • Adams and Hancock were in hiding as the colonists heard rumors of the attack • The resistance leadership was then led by Dr. Joseph Warren • Warren assigned Paul Revere, of the Sons of Liberty to gather messengers to warn people • Revere warned Adams and Hancock to escape and warned other colonists of the attack • “This is a glorious day for America,”-Sam Adams • The British made it to Lexington where they defeated the colonists • When they made it to Concord the colonists slaughtered the British • Adams and Hancock could hear the gunshots as they rode off deeper into hiding. • QUESTION: Why was it so important that Adams and Hancock were not injured? Fighting Erupts at Lexington and Concord