Transcript Unrest rating?

Bell Ringer!
• How did the class as whole react to the new
paper tax imposed yesterday? Why?
• What are the benefits and drawbacks
(positives and negatives) of resisting a
government policy you disagree with?
• Boycotts are the most popular form of nonviolent protest during colonial days, what
evidence have you seen today of people
using boycotts to bring about change?
COLONIAL UNREST
Causes of the American Revolution
Proclamation of 1763
• Announcement that the land
won during the French and Indian
War (west of Appalachians) would
be off limits!
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Why?
Sugar Act - 1764
Quartering Act - 1765
• Under this law, colonial governments had to
provide candles, food, drinks, and a place to
sleep for British soldiers stationed in their
area.
• Many colonists believed they were there to
control them, not protect them
• Unrest rating?
• Why?
Can we
come in?
Stamp Act
• Taxes on legal documents such as:
– Wills, Diplomas, Contracts
– Marriage papers
– Newspapers and Almanacs
– Playing Cards and Dice
• Unrest rating?
• Why?
STAMP ACT CONGRESS AND THE
BOYCOTT!
• Put pressure on British Parliament to repeal,
or do away with, the act
“No Taxation without Representation”
Townshend Acts
• Indirect tax (collected at sea ports before the
item reached the store), ships could also be
searched without reason to prevent smuggling
• Britain placed a tax on the following:
– GLASS
– PAPER
– LEAD
– PAINT
– TEA
The Sons and Daughters of Liberty form…
• Secret societies to oppose British policies
• Urge people to boycott British goods and stage protests
• Use American made products only!
Founder: Sam Adams
His Harvard graduation paper argued that when a law was
morally wrong it is a persons responsibility to break the law!
Tar and Feathering
Trouble in Boston…
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America: Story of Us
• Rebels
• 16:30 – 28:00
The Boston “Massacre”
• Propaganda - information, especially of a biased or
misleading nature, used to promote or publicize a particular
political cause or point of view
BIG IDEA QUESTIONS:
• Why is Paul Revere’s drawing seen by the British as
colonial propaganda?
• What effect did this image have on the colonies?
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TASK – IN YOUR TEAM:
1 - Read the British account
2 - Compare it to Revere’s image and the death notice
3 – Answer the questions that correspond
4 – Be the judge – How would you rule in this case? Explain
Bell Ringer! “The Bloody Massacre”
Compare with your
neighbor your “YOU BE THE
JUDGE” question on the
Boston Massacre
How did you rule? Why?
What really happened?
The soldiers were arrested and tried
in court (John Adams agreed to defend
them) – he argues the crowd provoked
the soldiers and was able to convince
the jury
The jury acquitted six of the eight
soldiers, while two (Montgomery and
Killroy) were convicted of
manslaughter and branded on their
thumbs
• Letter-writing campaign,
led by Sam Adams
• This committee, from
Boston, wrote letters to
other colonies in an
effort to keep them
informed
• Became very successful
as a means for protest
Boston Tea Party
• Following the Boston Massacre most taxes
were repealed – except one – the TEA TAX
“There must always be one tax to keep up the right
(to tax)” -King George III on taxing the colonies
• Many colonists refused to buy the tea, the
British tried to lower prices by giving one
company (the British East India Company) a
monopoly on the trade
“Boston harbor a teapot tonight! The
Mohawks are come!”
Sam Adams and the Sons of Liberty sent word to the governor demanding the tea from the
BIEC leave the harbor, but they refused
“This meeting can do nothing further to save the country!”
Dressed as Native Americans they raided the ships throwing 340 chests of tea into the harbor!
Coercive Act – AKA “Intolerable Acts”
(renamed by colonists – Intolerable = harsh)
• Reaction to the BTP – wanted to force colonists to pay
for tea and obey British rule!
1. Parliament shut down the port of Boston. No ships
could enter or leave, until all of the tea was paid for.
2. Massachusetts colonists were no longer allowed to
hold town meetings.
3. Customs officers would stand trial for crimes in their
home land of Britain.
4. New Quartering Act – now stationed in homes (not
just in camps)
• Unrest rating?
• Why?
#troubleinBoston
#dontmesswithnewengland
#wegotyourback
#strongertogether
• Committees of Correspondence spread
the news to the other colonies
• Colonies come together to help Boston!
Carpenter’s Hall - Philadelphia
The First Continental Congress
• 12 of 13 colonies (no Georgia) send
representatives to Philadelphia
• Passed a formal resolution backing
Massachusetts
– Agree to full boycott of all trade with Britain
– Each colony encouraged to set up and begin
training its own militia (citizen soldiers)
Lexington and Concord
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In 1775, British General Thomas Gage sent scouts (spies) to
towns near Boston.
– The scouts reported that the colonists were keeping
weapons in the village of Concord. Gage decides to
attack them to destroy the supplies.
– He also sent troops to arrest colonial leaders
One if by Land, Two if by Sea
• The Sons of Liberty had prepared
Famous Midnight Ride by Paul
Revere
Warning American Colonists that the
British were on their way
Lexington
• MYSTERY SHOT FIRED, MINI BATTLE
STARTS
• 8 colonists are killed
• “SHOT HEARD ROUND THE WORLD”
CONCORD
• BRITISH MOVE ON TO CONCORD, FINDING NO
WEAPONS THEY HEAD BACK TO BOSTON
• 300 militiamen line a bridge outside Concord
• British are forced to retreat
• Colonial sharpshooters aim at them from
woods and fields
• Even women fire on them from their homes
• 73 British soldiers are killed, 200 wounded
• Shows American they
HAVE A CHANCE!
Unrest-o-Meter and Response
• Create a bar or line graph representing your levels of
colonial unrest
• Written response/short essay – Answer the following
question:
Which 3 events to you believe MOST contributed to the
outbreak of war in the colonies?
– Begin with a clear introduction sentence that sets up your
topic and introduces your 3 events (no details yet!)
– In the body give at least 1-2 details about what each event
was AND why it would anger the colonists so much
– End with a conclusive last sentence that sums up your
main points – you may want to restate your 3 events
and/or add a “lesson to learn” about why these events
matter to us today.
“Shot Heard Round the World”
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