Colonial Resistance Grows D o Now: 1.Take out your editorials drafts (you should have two). 2.Read your most recent draft and use the rubric for the editorial in your project packet to grade it. Use a pencil!

Taxing Tea The Townshend Acts were repealed, except the tax on tea. In 1773, Parliament Passed the Tea Act – Gave British East India Company a monopoly over the tea trade – British tea was cheaper than the smuggled Dutch tea

The Boston Tea Party

The Intolerable Acts Lord North was stunned by the news of the Boston Tea Party. King George agreed. “We must master them totally,” he declared, “or leave them to themselves and treat them as aliens.” Parliament to pass a new series of laws in – Designed to punish Massachusetts and serve as a warning to the other colonies. Coercive Acts, – British called these acts the Coercive Acts, but they were so harsh that the colonists Intolerable Acts. called them the Intolerable Acts.

Reactions The colonies unite – Other colonies offered Massachusetts support – Committees of correspondence called for a meeting of all the colonies.

The First Continental Congress Who? – Representatives from all the colonies except Georgia When? – September 1774 What? First Continental Congress – Met for the First Continental Congress decided to ban all trade with Britain until the Intolerable Acts were repealed militia began to form militia Where? – Philadelphia Why? – In reaction to the Intolerable Acts

Lead Article Lead articles include factual information about an event – The 5 W’s Does not contain opinion (but often has bias) Include details and quotations Accompanied by a picture Written in third person. Does not mention “I,” “me,” or “we” Your Task: Your Task: Write a lead article about the Boston Tea Party or the Boston Massacre – You can use outside sources – 1 page typed (double-spaced) or 1 ½ pages handwritten