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CHAPTER ESSENTIAL QUESTION

How did the experiences of the colonists shape America’s political and social ideals?

SECTION MAIN IDEA

Tensions developed as the British government placed tax after tax on the colonies.  

A. GREAT BRITAIN RAISES TAXES

MAIN IDEA: British efforts to raise taxes on colonists sparked protest.  

Q 1. Why did Parliament pass the Sugar Act?   [p 98]

Q 2. How did British officials attempt to stop smuggling?   [p 98]

Q 3. Why did Parliament change the colonial legal system?   [p 99]

1. Introduction

1. standing

2. Prime Minister

3. George Grenville

4. Sugar Act (1764)

Q 4. What arguments did the colonists give against the taxation?   [p 99]

Q 5. How did colonists seek to protest the taxes?  

   [p 99]

2. Taxation without Representation

5. James Otis

6. Samuel Adams

7. “No Taxation without Representation”

8. Committees of Correspondence

9. boycott

Q 6. What items were taxed under the Stamp Act?  

   [p 100]

Q 7. How was the Stamp Act different from previous taxes?   [p 100]

Q 8. How did the colonists protest the Stamp Act?  

   [p 100]

Q 9. How did Parliament respond to the colonial pressure about the Stamp Act?  [p 100]

3. Stamp Act

10. Stamp Act (1765)

11. Sons of Liberty

12. Patrick Henry

4. Repealing the Stamp Act

13. Stamp Act Congress

14. repeal

15. Declaratory Act (1766)

Q 10. What did the Townshend Acts tax?   [p 100]

      FYI:    writs of assistance = Documents which served as a general search warrant, allowing customs officials to enter any ship or building that they suspected for any reason might hold smuggled goods.

Q 11. How did the colonists protest the Townshend Acts?   [p 100]

5. Townshend Acts

16. Townshend Acts (1767)

17. writs of assistance

18. Daughters of Liberty

B. BOSTON MASSACRE

MAIN IDEA: The Boston Massacre caused colonial resentment toward Great Britain.  

Q 12. What led to the Boston Massacre?   [p 101]

Q 13. What was the result of the Boston Massacre?  

   [p 101]

1. Introduction

19. March 5, 1770

20. Crispus Attucks

21. propaganda

22. Boston Massacre

23. Paul Revere

24. Josiah Quincy

25. John Adams

Q 14. Why were the people described in the newspaper account not intimidated by the soldiers?  

   [p 101]

The Boston Massacre newspaper article

Study the excerpt on page 101 before answering this question.

C. BOSTON TEA PARTY

MAIN IDEA: Colonists protested the British tax on tea with the Boston Tea Party.  

Q 15. What was the British East India Company’s plan to end the smuggling of tea?   [p 102]

Q 16. Why did the colonists fear the BEIC’s plan?  

    [p 102]

Q 17. How did the Sons of Liberty respond to the arrival of the BEIC’s ships?   [p 102]

1. Introduction

26. British East India Company

27. Tea Act (1773)

28. Boston Tea Party

29. December 16, 1773

D. INTOLERABLE ACTS

MAIN IDEA: Great Britain responded to colonial actions by passing the Intolerable Acts.  

Q 18. What rules did Parliament establish under the Coercive Acts at the direction of Lord North?  

   [p 102+]

1. Introduction

30. Coercive Acts (aka Intolerable Acts, 1774)

31. Quartering Act (1774)

32. Quebec Act (1774)

33. General Thomas Gage