THE STIRRINGS OF REBELLION

Chapter 4: Section 1

Do Now: Respect Talk

Obj: • Colonists objections to British taxes• Tensions Rise in MA• Battle of Lexington and Concord

HW: Active Read 4.2

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

COLONIES ORGANIZE TO RESIST

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….!!!

“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…

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

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…..

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”

THE BOSTON TEA PARTY

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

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….

“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…

“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…