Transcript Stamp Act
Warm-up Reading quiz Ch. 2 sect 1 p 50-53 1. This act nearly bankrupt the British East India Company and led to this event where tea was dumped into the Boston Harbor. 2. True or False: Paul Revere, William Dawes & Samuel Prescott rode out to inform that the British were coming. 3. This was the 1st battle of the Revolutionary War which only lasted 15 minutes. 4. The 2nd Continental Congress appointed this man to be the commander of the Continental Army. 5. Thomas Paine attacked the monarchy & King George in his pamphlet titled ________________ ____________ which helped the colonist get over their doubts about separating from the British. ► Warm-up ► 1. 2. 3. 4. 5. Reading quiz Ch. 2 sect 1 p 50-53 This act nearly bankrupt the British East India Company and led to this event where tea was dumped into the Boston Harbor. (Tea Act & Boston Tea Party) True or False: Paul Revere, William Dawes & Samuel Prescott rode out to inform that the British were coming. (True) This was the 1st battle of the Revolutionary War which only lasted 15 minutes. (Battle of Lexington) The 2nd Continental Congress appointed this man to be the commander of the Continental Army. (George Washington) Thomas Paine attacked the monarchy & King George in his pamphlet titled ________________ ____________ which helped the colonist get over their doubts about separating from the British. (Common Sense) Stirrings of Rebellion Pages 5- 6 (box 2) TOTD: What is something that you have protested against OR would protest against AND WHY would you or did you feel compelled to do so? AGENDA •Finish page 11 notes •French and Indian War Acrostic •Notes p 5 •ACTS and TAX Timeline •Colonial Anger Gauge •QUIZ/Calendar French and Indian War► 1754-1763 ► Who is fighting? GB and France are fighting over land England (aka Great Britain) & the American colonies against the French and Indians (some) Great Britain won! Won French territories in N. America Wars are not cheap $$$ Now GB is in debt and need $ ►British passed: ►Proclamation Line of 1763. The law let Native Americans have any land west of the Appalachian Mountains. ►Colonists west did not want to move Now what… ► The F and I war debt was placed on the American colonists ► Got money by taxing colonists = $$ ► British colonists in America felt it wasn’t their war to fight…and the TAX shouldn’t be theirs either ► Parliament in London increasingly aware of the value of the American colonies Stamp Act -1. Parliament passes Stamp Act (1765) -placed a direct tax on the colonists • Taxed on every sheet of paper they used. -required stamp on all legal documents, newspapers, license, and playing cards • **FYI: The money collected by the Stamp Act was to be used to help pay the costs of defending -affected many colonists rich and and protecting the American poor frontier near the Appalachian Mountains (10,000 troops were to -Quartering Act, 1765- law stated be stationed on the American that troops were allowed to enter frontier for this purpose). and stay in colonists homes w/o permission! Resistance Begins -Sons of Liberty- -2. Declaratory Act– (1766) states that Parliament has the right to declare laws for British colonies England can make any law for the colonies to follow. • Secret society of Patriots in Boston • Samuel Adams • John Adams -No taxation w/o representation!!! -protests and boycotts were organized -stamp agents were harassed -law eventually repealed (aka cancelled) 1774-The Bostonians Paying the Excise Man Townshend Acts -new tax placed on imports such as tea, glass, paper, paint -colonists again reacted with protests -British reacted by sending more troops • This made colonists angry again! Boston Massacre -March 1770 -protests by colonists -British troops fire on crowd -5 colonists killed Crispus Attucks-1st African American killed -Most soldiers found not guilty John Adams served as attorney for the soldiers •one of five people killed in the Boston Massacre •has been frequently named as the first martyr of the American Revolution •the only person killed in the Boston Massacre whose name is commonly remembered Tea Act (1773) ► Allowed company to bypass colonial merchants and sell the tea directly to shop keepers at a low price ► Tax on the most popular drink Boston Tea Party -tax on tea still remain in effect -monopoly on tea given to British company -Dec. 1773 colonists raided Boston harbor and threw the tea overboard and burned the ships • Sons of Liberty involved • 365 chests of tea in harbor Intolerable Acts -Parliament passes Coercive Acts in reaction -Colonists call it the Intolerable Acts -closed Boston Harbor -suspended basic civil rights -housed troops in peoples’ homes -Committees of Correspondence: • Groups of individuals who exchanged ideas, information, and propaganda used to encourage people to go against the British.