Tuesday, Oct. 28
1.
Get out your spiral and put your binder on the floor
2. Update your Table of Contents if you didn’t on Tuesday
Date
Title
Entry #
10/21
Boston Massacre Venn Diagram
39
10/27
Colonial Unrest Graphic Organizer
40
10/28
Warm-Up’s Oct. 27 to 31st
41
3. Turn to entry #41 and title it Warm-Up’s Oct. 27th to 31st.
Monday 10/27 – No Warm up
Tuesday 10/28 :Turn to page 150. Write and answer the following: How
did cousins John and Samuel Adams differ in the way they protested
British actions?
Entry 40
Colonial Unrest #2
Event
F
The Boston Tea
Party
G
The Intolerable
Acts
H
The First
Continental
Congress
I
Lexington and
Concord
Describe the
Picture
British Actions
Colonial
Reaction
Tea Act, 1773
• Britain passed the Tea
Act of 1773. It lowered
the price of the tea,
added a very small tax
on it.
• But you could only buy
from the British East
India Co. & no one else.
• So, colonists would not
allow ships to unload
the tea. They had to go
back to Britain; except
in Boston.
Boston Tea Party
• On Dec. 16, 1773, about
50 Sons of Liberty, led by
Sam Adams, dressed as
Mohawk Indians.
• They got onto the 3 ships
in Boston Harbor and
dumped 342 chests,
90,000 lbs., of tea into
the water. ($700,000)
• Everybody cheered!
•
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Ar6cFIfPFW4
Entry 52
Colonial Unrest #2
Event
F
The Boston Tea
Party
G
The Intolerable
Acts
H
The First
Continental
Congress
I
Lexington and
Concord
Describe the
Picture
British Actions
Colonial
Reaction
The Intolerable Acts, 1774
To punish Boston, King
George III passed the
Coercive Acts.
1. closed Boston Harbor
until all tea was paid for.
2. could have no meetings
without permission.
3. Boston Massacre soldiers
were to be tried in
England.
4. more troops were sent to
the colonies to live in the
colonists’ homes.
Entry 52
Colonial Unrest #2
Event
F
The Boston Tea
Party
G
The Intolerable
Acts
H
The First
Continental
Congress
I
Lexington and
Concord
Describe the
Picture
British Actions
Colonial
Reaction
Colonists Unite!
Colonists believed that if this could happen to
Boston, it could happen anywhere.
• So, to continue the rebellion, they:
• 1. closed all their shops
• 2. smuggled food & money to Boston
• 3. called for a congress, or meeting of the 13
colonies.
First Continental Congress
• Sept. 1774, 55 men from 12
colonies (-Georgia) meet in the
Philadelphia State House .
• VA- Washington, Richard Henry
Lee, Patrick Henry
• MA- Samuel Adams, John Adams
• NY- John Jay
• Goals:
– Tell George III to listen & respect
the colonists’ complaints.
– Boycott British goods
– Meet again in May, 1775
– Organize militias (minutemen)
Let’s Review
What did England do to the colonists for them
to want to be independent?
On your index card write the causes of the
revolution based on the cartoon
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=t9pDZMRCpQ
Entry 52
Colonial Unrest #2
Event
F
The Boston Tea
Party
G
The Intolerable
Acts
H
The First
Continental
Congress
I
Lexington and
Concord
Describe the
Picture
British Actions
Colonial
Reaction
Lexington and Concord
Battle 1 “The Shot Heard Round The World”
• Lexington, MA, April 19, 1775,
early in the morning
• British find out that Sam
Adams & John Hancock are
hiding weapons in Concord.
• British Gen. Gage sends 700
troops to Concord to destroy
the guns & arrest the men.
• Dr. Warren sends Revere &
William Dawes to warn the
minutemen! “The British are
coming!”
• 70 minutemen vs. 700 British
• Someone takes a shot & the
fighting begins.
• British win & 8 minutemen are
dead! On to Concord!
http://www.youtube.com/watch?
v=Q1ElguPeEo&feature=related
http://www.youtube.com/watch?
v=0lj6mIDzx9M