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Let’s Protest!Patriots Other Smart Stuff 10 Point 20 Points 30 Points 40 Points 50 Points 10 Point 20 Points 30 Points 40 Points 50 Points 30 Points 40 Points 50 Points Violence is bad…right? Taxes, Taxes, Taxes
Put a tax on imported sugar and molasses.
Sugar Act (10)
Taxed items like glass, lead, paint, paper, and tea.
Townshend Act (20)
True or False: The Stamp Act taxed stamps. **If false, correct!
False: The Stamp Act taxed paper products (30)
Describe 2 reasons the King needed to tax the colonists.
Pay off war debt; pay for standing army. (40)
Describe the real reason Patriots are mad about taxes.
Taxation without Representation! No voice! (50)
Refuse to buy a good or use a service.
Boycott (10)
Some colonists choose to ignore this law that prohibits them from living west of the Appalachian Mts.
Proclamation of 1763 (20)
Group created to share news and information about taxes & ways to protest them.
Committee of Correspondence (30)
John Hancock’s ship, The Liberty, is seized. What event does this lead to in Boston?
Boston Massacre (40)
The colonists protested taxes by boycotting goods. What impact did this have?
It persuaded the British to change their policies (50)
March 5, 1770: British soldiers kill 5 colonists in the streets of Boston.
Boston Massacre (10)
King George III thinks this group is our “American Terrorists”
Sons of Liberty (20)
Why did King George III create the Proclamation of 1763?
Colonists were fighting with American Indians over land (30)
What was a popular method of violence the Sons of Liberty used?
Tar & Feather; Hanging effigies (dolls that look like you…yikes!) (40)
Explain why the Sons of Liberty needed to be a “secret society.”
They would have been arrested; traitors to the crown (50)
Patriots responded to the Tea Act by having one of these.
Boston Tea Party! (10)
Patriots used this to protest taxes like the Stamp Act…and it worked!
Boycott (helped to get rid of the Stamp Act) (20)
Patriots used this to tell only one side of the story.
Propaganda (30)
Patriots were upset with these acts that gave Britain the right to control their trade.
Navigation Acts (40)
How did mercantilism affect the British colonies?
The colonies were ONLY allowed to trade with Great Britain. (50)
Give an example of a primary source.
Eyewitness account; diary; etc (10)
How are primary & secondary sources used to examine events?
To provide information from different perspectives (20)
The Townshend Acts taxes which items?
Glass, lead, paint, paper, tea (30)
Which act was repealed by the King after the Boston Massacre?
Townshend Act (40)
Describe two ways colonists were impacted by the Intolerable Acts.
1.Boston Harbor closed. 2.Mass. Charter cancelled 3.Royal Officials sent to GB for trial 4.Quartering Act – soldiers allowed in your homes 5.General Gage becomes governor of Massachusetts (50)
Make your wager
Compare the viewpoints of the colonists to the viewpoints of the British soldiers during the Boston Massacre.
Soldiers: Colonists harassing us; throwing things; daring us to “fire!”; backed us into a corner Colonists: Unarmed (no guns); soldiers told not to fire and did; we were the victims