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Intolerabel

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Major issues that angered the colonists were:

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The Proclamation of 1763 – England’s King George forbid colonist to settle west of the Appalachian Mountains.

The Proclamation of 1763

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Sugar Act (1764)

  • First British law to raise war debt money from colonists
  • All sugar and molasses coming into the colonies would be taxed
  • Large Taxes on sugar from French and Spanish West Indies
  • Forcing colonists to buy British sugar instead
  • Why?
    • Pay for British troops used during the French and Indian War

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The Stamp Act - 1765

  • Printed items required to have a stamp saying tax had been paid
  • Marked the first time the British had taxed the colonists directly
  • Items taxed:
    • Newspapers
    • Pamphlets
    • Licenses
    • Legal Documents
    • Playing Cards

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The Townshend Acts of 1767

  • The Townshend Acts of 1767 placed a tax on imported goods.
  • The Townshend Acts also caused a tax for glass, lead, paint, paper, and tea.
  • The Townshend Acts used all the money collected for imported goods to pay the salaries of British soldiers.

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The Tea Act

  • The Tea Act was a tax on all imported tea from Britain.
  • It was illegal to have tea not sold by Britain
  • To avoid paying the tea tax, colonial merchants smuggled tea in from the Netherlands.

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For years, colonists avoided British tea tax by smuggling in Dutch tea through the Caribbean.

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The Tea Act

  • Britain sells tea below the price of the smuggled tea.
  • Britain believed that the colonists would buy the English tea since it was cheaper.

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I know the British tea is cheaper than the tea from the Caribbean.

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But I refuse to give

any of my money to

King George or

British Parliament!

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Colonists still boycotted the British tea, even though it actually cost less.

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The Tea Act

  • Colonists refused to buy the tea
  • Merchants refused to sell the tea, so there was no place to unload it from the boats.
  • Ships filled with tea from England sat in Boston Harbor.
  • Ships refused to return the tea and wanted to unload the cargo in Boston

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The Boston Tea Party

  • The Boston Tea Party was a protest organized by the colonists against the British.
  • Cause: The colonists were upset by the Tea Act.

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On December 16, 1773, dozens of Sons of Liberty members boarded the ships illegally.

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They were disguised as Native Americans.

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They destroyed the tea by throwing it into the harbor. Over 300 crates of it!

2020-$1.5 million

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This event became known as

The Boston Tea Party

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The British Were Mad!!

What do you think they will do next?

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The Intolerable Acts - 1774

  • After the Boston Tea Party - The Intolerable Acts were passed to keep the colonists under control.
  • First - they closed down the port of Boston until the colonists paid for all the tea they threw into Boston Harbor.
  • Second, they made it illegal to have any meetings without the governor’s permission.

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Closed Boston Harbor and stopped all trade between Boston and Britain

Sent more soldiers to Boston and enforced the Quartering Act

Made it illegal for Massachusetts to have town meetings. The government of Massachusetts was controlled by the English appointed governor.

Punishment for

the colonies:

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The Quartering Act

  • Britain sent more soldiers to Boston to enforce laws
  • They made the colonists house and feed British troops.

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New British Rules and Taxes Continued…

  • Intolerable Acts- designed to punish the colonist for the Boston Tea Party
      • Closed Boston Harbor
      • Restricted trial by jury
      • Searches without warrants
      • Quartering of troops without permission
      • No town meetings
      • Boston under Military Rule
  • Colonies’ Reaction- First Continental Congress; Colonies Unite

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Committees of Correspondence

  • 13 Colonies began working together to boycott and protest the British
  • They wrote letters to each other to communicate actions.
  • Writings would be read aloud or published in other colonies
  • For the first time Colonies are uniting

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The colonists responded to the Intolerable Acts (Coercive Acts) by gathering for the

First

Continental Congress.

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First Continental Congress - 1774

  • All colonies sent delegates (except Georgia) to Philadelphia, PA
  • Delegates divided on the issue of independence
  • Sent a Letter to King George asking for rights to be restored; wanted to remain loyal to England
  • Agree to meet again in Spring 1775 if King George does not agree.

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Colonists Present Included

Ben Franklin

George Washington

Sam Adams

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What happens next?

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    • Winter comes to America
    • No way to travel from colony to colony
    • The colonies go about with their separate lives
    • All colonies began to train troops.
    • Boston is left alone to deal with the British by themselves.

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Minutemen

  • Boston used the winter to train their militia men
    • Renamed themselves minutemen
      • Could be ready in a minutes notice.
    • King George is concerned about these trained minutemen.

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The War Begins… April 18,1775

  • King George orders General Thomas Gage to take all weapons away from the Massachusetts minutemen.
  • Guns were kept in city named Concord
    • About 20 miles west of Boston

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The British are on the move.

  • British troops head out of Boston to arrest Sam Adams and John Hancock in Lexington,
  • Then to Concord to destroy the weapons storage.

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The British Are Coming!

  • Evening, April 18, 1775 - Paul Revere and Charles Dawes are told that British troops were coming.
  • They both leave on horseback to tell citizens to get ready!
  • By morning - The minutemen were ready in Concord!

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Lexington

  • 700 British redcoats found 70 minutemen waiting.
  • The British ordered the militia to drop their weapons.
  • They refused

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Concord - The British Retreat

  • Minutemen lined the road between Concord and Lexington, raining down bullets upon the retreating British.

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The War had begun

  • Lexington and Concord were the first battles of the American Revolution

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Lexington and Concord�April 19, 1775

  • Start of the Revolutionary War
  • “Shot heard round the World”

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The Second Continental Congress

  • Representatives from all the colonies would meet for the Second Continental Congress.
  • They would form the Continental Army, appointing George Washington as its commander.

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Second Continental Congress

  • Started May 1775
  • Divided beliefs- independence vs. loyal
  • Chose a leader of the military- General George Washington
  • Wrote the Declaration of Independence
  • Adopted the Declaration of Independence on July 4, 1776

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Colonists begin training for battle in case

of war with

Britain

King George

plans to send

more soldiers.

He declared that the colonists had begun a rebellion.