Day 11 and 12: Vocabulary Salutary Neglect Stamp Act Quartering Act Townshend Acts Tea Act Intolerable Acts Committee of Correspondence Sons of Liberty Propaganda First Continental Congress

Causes of Revolution to the First Battle

Taxation without Representation Salutary Neglect – not enforcing most laws governing the colonies, led to individualism amongst the colonies. Many believed the British had no right to tax the colonies without popular consent James Otis and Samuel Adams beliefs that the British Parliament could not make laws or tax the colonists without consent or even being seen as citizens of England, were summed up with the slogan, “No Taxation Without Representation” Sons of Liberty – secret society that organized protests and sometimes resorted to violence

Boston Massacre The Boston Massacre caused colonial resentment toward Great Britain. A crowd gathered in Boston after a British soldier struck a colonist on March 5, 1770. Soldiers fired into the crowd after confusion, killing three, including Crispus Attucks. The shootings were called the Boston Massacre by colonists. This caused more resentment against the British and more boycotting of British goods. Samuel Adams, a colonial leader, set up the Committees of Correspondence that wrote about grievances to protest. Propaganda – ideas or information designed and spread to influence opinion

The Boston Tea Party Colonists protested the British tax on tea with the Boston Tea Party. Colonial merchants smuggled tea to avoid paying the British tea tax. Parliament passed the Tea Act in 1773 to allow the British East India Company to sell cheap tea to the colonists in order to save the EIC and monopolize. Colonial merchants and smugglers were opposed to this. On December 16, 1773, colonists disguised as Indians attacked British tea ships and threw the tea overboard. The incident was called the Boston Tea Party.

First Continental Congress The First Continental Congress demanded certain rights from Great Britain. The First Continental Congress was a meeting in Philadelphia of delegates from all colonies except Georgia. Key players: J. Adams, S. Adams, John Jay, Patrick Henry, G. Washington, Richard Henry Lee Delegates halted trade with Britain and alerted the colonial militia to prepare for war. They drafted a Declaration of Rights that included the right to “life, liberty, and property.” Colonists who chose to fight for independence from Britain became known as Patriots.

“Shot Heard ‘round the World” Armed conflict between British soldiers and colonists broke out with the “shot heard ’round the world.” Battles at Lexington and Concord Capt. John Parker says don’t fire unless fired upon April 19, 1775– British troops arrived in Lexington and a gun was fired, called the “shot heard ‘round the world.” Unsure who fired the first shot. British Redcoats continue on to Concord but are forced to retreat back to Boston. Their red uniforms made an easy target for Patriot marksmen. The Ride of Paul Revere Massachusetts governor, Thomas Gage, sent British troops to seize weapons at Concord (around Boston). Paul Revere and two others rode to warn colonists. Local militia, minutemen, readied for battle in a minute’s notice.

Battles at Lexington and Concord