Warm-Up (10/11)

What did taxation really look like?

What’s the real problem? The problem, the colonists argued, was not with taxes, but with the fact that they were being taxed without representation in Parliament. “No Taxation Without Representation” What they wanted was colonial approval of taxes in their own legislatures.

Rise of the “Sons of Liberty” Secret organization established in 1765 to undermine British rule in colonial America. Actions: Staged protests against the acts (not peaceful) Encouraged support for rebellion Attacked/intimidated custom officials

Committees of Correspondence Sam Adams also organized the “Committees of Correspondence” in towns throughout Massachusetts Groups exchanged letters on colonial affairs and organized/coordinated efforts to protest the British

Intolerable Acts In 1774, Parliament passed a series of laws to punish the Massachusetts colony and to serve as a warning to the other colonies. The British called these acts the Coercive Acts, the colonists called them the Intolerable Acts

Intolerable Acts 1) Closed the Boston Harbor 2) Demanded payment of destroyed tea 3) Banned Committees of Correspondence 4) Passed the Quartering Act- which forced colonists to quarter (house and supply) British soldiers as punishment for Boston Tea Party

The First Continental Congress September 1774 delegates from all colonies except Georgia met in Philadelphia. Response: Voted to ban all trade with Britain (boycott) until the Intolerable Acts were repealed (gotten rid of) All colonies agreed to start training troops and forming militias

Lexington & Concord “The shot heard ‘round the World” *Were the first battles of the Revolutionary War*