From Protest to Revolution Learning Objectives: explain how a dispute over a tax on tea led to tension between the colonists and Britain. describe what happened in the Boston Tea Party explain how Parliament punished the colonists describe what happened at Lexington and Concord and started the Revolutionary War. Chapter 5 Section 3

From Protest to Revolution A Dispute Over Tea Tea was popular in the British colonies like coffee is in America today. I’d rather go without dinner, than without a dish of tea! Chapter 5 Section 3

Tea & Crumpets …very Popular in the British Colonies Chapter 5 Section 3 From Protest to Revolution A Dispute Over Tea

The British East India Company Logo From Protest to Revolution Parliament Passes the Tea Act Chapter 5 Section 3 Most tea brought to the colonies came from the British East India Company. They were like the Starbucks of the colonies. It came to the colonies on ships from India, where it was grown.

Tax on Tea Chapter 5 Section 3 From Protest to Revolution Parliament Passes the Tea Act Because of earlier taxes on tea and colonial boycotts, the British East India Company was in debt and had a surplus of tea sitting around in warehouses. Tea, tea, and more tea

East India Company Tea Merchants Customers Chapter 5 Section 3 From Protest to Revolution The Tea Act of 1773 British Parliament tried to help the British East India Company by passing a law that allowed the British East India Co. to sell tea directly to the citizens, cutting out the “middle man” who were the colonial tea merchants. The law also kept the tax on tea. Cutting out the Tea Merchants would let the British East India Company sell their tea to the customers for a lower price, even with the tax. This should have made the colonists happy because the price was lower.

BOYCOTT TEA!!! Chapter 5 Section 3 From Protest to Revolution Colonists Boycott Tea Instead, the colonists responded to the Tea Act with another boycott. They switched to drinking tea made from raspberry leaves instead of tea leaves. They nick- named it “Liberty Tea”.

In November of 1773, three more ships from the British East India Company loaded with tea arrived in Boston harbor in Massachusetts. Governor Thomas Hutchinson insisted that they be unloaded as usual even though there was a boycott on tea in Boston. Unload the ships! Chapter 5 Section 3 From Protest to Revolution The Boston Tea Party

Chapter 5 Section 3 From Protest to Revolution The Boston Tea Party

Chapter 5 Section 3 From Protest to Revolution The Boston Tea Party The Sons of Liberty (a protest group) held a meeting and sent a letter to the governor demanding that the ships leave without being unloaded. When Governor Thomas Hutchinson rejected their demand, Sam Adams stood up and gave the signal for the Boston Tea Party to begin.

Chapter 5 Section 3 From Protest to Revolution The Boston Tea Party

Chapter 5 Section 3 From Protest to Revolution The Boston Tea Party

Chapter 5 Section 3 From Protest to Revolution The Boston Tea Party

Punishing Massachusetts (Boston) The Intolerable Acts 1. The port of Boston was shut down. No ships in or out until the tea was paid for. 2. No more than one town meeting (like the Sons of Liberty) a year without the Governor’s permission. 3. British customs officers and soldiers accused of a crime could leave the colonies to have a trial back in Britain or in Canada. 4. New Quartering Act which required colonists to pay for barracks (housing) for the soldiers or allow them to stay in their homes until housing was available. Chapter 5 Section 3 From Protest to Revolution Parliament Strikes Back

When other colonies heard what was happening to Boston, they helped out. South Carolina, Virginia, and Pennsylvania sent food. Virginia also set aside a day to recognize the people in Boston and the shame of the Intolerable Acts. The First Continental Congress In September of 1774 colonial leaders met in Philadelphia to decide what to do about the Intolerable Acts and the taxation without representation. The meeting was called the First Continental Congress. Chapter 5 Section 3 From Protest to Revolution Other Colonies Support Boston

Chapter 5 Section 3 From Protest to Revolution The First Continental Congress The Continental Congress met at Carpenters’ Hall in Philadelphia 1774 Today

Chapter 5 Section 3 From Protest to Revolution The First Continental Congress Peyton Randolph of Virginia President of the First Continental Congress

Wrote a declaration of rights and a list of resolves and sent it to the King of England. Voted to support Massachusetts against the King and the Intolerable Acts. Agreed to boycott all British goods until the Intolerable Acts were lifted. Suggested that each colony set up a militia (volunteer army) and train them to serve in case of an emergency. The delegates at the meeting agreed to meet the following year in the spring to see if their actions had helped. Chapter 5 Section 3 From Protest to Revolution The First Continental Congress

In Massachusetts, many colonists volunteered as minutemen; promising to be ready to fight in a minute’s notice. Chapter 5 Section 3 From Protest to Revolution Lexington and Concord The colony was also building up a supply of guns and gunpowder.

More soldiers were sent from England to Massachusetts. They were under the command of General Thomas Gage. Chapter 5 Section 3 From Protest to Revolution Lexington and Concord General Gage scouted out the area around Boston and planned to seize (take away) the guns and gunpowder being stored in Concord, Massachusetts which was about 18 miles from Boston.

When General Gage’s men left Boston, heading for Concord on April 18th, the colonists were prepared. Riders like Paul Revere set off to warn the minutemen that the British were coming. The Redcoats are coming! Chapter 5 Section 3 From Protest to Revolution Lexington and Concord

When a shot went off, the fighting began. This is seen as the beginning of the American Revolution! Chapter 5 Section 3 From Protest to Revolution Battles of Lexington and Concord When the British soldiers got to Lexington on the way to Concord, they were met by a small group of minutemen.

Within a day if not within hours, the news of the battles at Lexington and Concord spread throughout the colonies. The news also spread quickly across the Atlantic Ocean back to England and the rest of Britain and eventually around the world. That is why it is called the “shot heard ‘round the world”. Chapter 5 Section 3 From Protest to Revolution The Shot Heard Round the World