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Today we will 1. identify the major events in early Jamestown ; 2. Analyze a primary source. Papers from the table HOMEWORK OUT!. Finish Primary Source Reading. Road to Revolution: Review. 1) Sugar / Stamp 2) Taxation Without Representation. Colonial leaders begin to emerge ….
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Today we will 1. identify the major events in early Jamestown; 2. Analyze a primary source. Papers from the table HOMEWORK OUT! Finish Primary Source Reading
Road to Revolution: Review 1) Sugar / Stamp 2) Taxation Without Representation
Colonial leaders begin to emerge … 1) Select a Colonial Leader 2) Create a Twitter account for your selected leader
Fill these in as though they were your persons!! Pic Twitter address; email; interests; bio Colonial leaders begin to emerge … Tweets; Following; Followers 1) Look at your TWITTER page Picture / TWEET / “DATE”
Taxed goods – glass, paper, paint, lead, TEA Low; a modest tax Principle: Taxation w/out Representation British tax collectors in port cities No search warrants Broke Tradition
Boycott taxed goods Staged protests / mock hangings of tax collectors Petitions / parades / boycotts / raise sheep to protest British wool
From Boston • Attended all town meetings • Joined Sons of Liberty • Talented organizer, arranged protests • Sam’s Cousin • Lawyer / Expert in British law • Wanted fame / rough personality • Cautious / weighed evidence
Wrote plays critical of British • Published in papers / widely read • Friend of Abigail Adams (John’s wife) • Called for greater women’s rights • Young lawyer • Virginia House of Burgesses member • Passionate speaker • Accused of treason