1. Chapter 5 The Road to Revolution 1745-1776
Section 3
From Protest to Rebellion
Pages
LEQ: How did the British tax policies move the colonists closer to rebellion?

2. Key terms & People What you will know
Monopoly Intolerable Acts Tea Act Repeal Boston Tea Party Minuteman

3. What you will do Identify the causes of the Boston Tea Party
Explain how the colonists protested the Intolerable Acts
Describe the events of April 19, 1775, at Lexington and Concord
Analyze the mood of protest in the colonies
Identify and define key terms and people

4. Background Knowledge
British policy of taxation had angered American Colonists in all colonies
Question: What acts angered the colonists?

5. Tea
As you watch the video, take notes about the Boston Tea Party.
Think-pair-share

6. A Dispute Over Tea Recall…
The repeal of the Townshend Acts (1770) except for the one on…?
Tea
To show British control
“No taxation without representation”

7. Dispute Over Tea
In your HRT groups, answer the following questions about the Tea Act of Page 150 of your textbook
What was passed by the British Parliament?
What company did this act help?
What action by the colonists, hurt this company?
What did the Tea Act do, and how did it lower the prices of tea?
Why did some colonists dislike the Tea Act?
Why did colonial merchants dislike the Tea Act?
Define Monopoly. Use monopoly correctly in a sentence.

8. The Boston Tea Party
In your HRT groups, answer the following questions about the Boston Tea Party.
What was the name of the protest group that stopped tea from being unloaded?
Which ports did not unload tea?
How did the protest group convince the ships captains not to unload their tea?
What was the name of the Boston Governor that was able to get their tea unloaded? How did he accomplish this?
What happened on December, 16, Describe the event
How did Bostonians show their opposition to the Tea Act

9. Summary
In your own words. Summarize the Tea Act of 1773 and how it lead to the Boston Tea Party.

10. Intolerable Acts

11. Activity With a partner or in your HRT groups
Create a list of harsh rules or laws (5) that you must live by in your daily life.
Rank you list from worst (1) to least worst (5)
Share out

12. The Intolerable Acts In response to the Boston Tea Party
King George III & Parliament called for tough action to make examples of the people
March of 1774
Parliament passes the Coercive Acts (4 laws)
Four laws
Port of Boston is closed
Decreased Massachusetts right to Self Govern by abolishing the upper house the legislature
Strengthened the Quartering Act
Increased the power of the Royal Governor
In America these acts are called “Intolerable Acts”

13. The Intolerable Acts The Quebec Act is also passed in March of 1774
Allows the French to move back into
Land between the Ohio and Missouri Rivers
Blocks colonists from moving west
Quebec’s new boundaries take away the western lands
Claimed by several colonies

14. Quebec Act Map

15. Check on Learning The Tea Act of 1773 helped what British company?
What group stopped tea from being unloaded at colonial ports?
What happened on December 16, 1773 at the Boston Harbor?
In response to the Boston Tea Party, Britain passed what acts/laws?
In America these acts are called what?
Give two examples of these new laws.
What act allowed the French to move back into the Ohio River Valley?

16. As you watch the video answer the following questions
1st Continental Congress
As you watch the video answer the following questions
Location of the 1st Continental Congress
What was the Declaration of Resolves?
What is the definition of minutemen?

17. First Continental Congress
First Continental Congress – September 1774
Organized by the Committees of Correspondence in…
Philadelphia
12 of the 13 colonies sent delegates
Georgia did not attend
Purpose
To repeal the Intolerable Acts
To declare the colonies had a right to
Tax and govern themselves
Training of militias – minutemen
Boycott of British goods
To meet again in May 1775
If demands were not met

18. Checks on Learning Purpose of the 1st Continental Congress?
Location of the 1st Continental Congress?
What group organized the 1st Continental Congress?

19. The Shot Heard Round the World
In your HRT groups, answer the following questions about the Shot Heard Round the World. Page 152
Did the British government intend to meet the demands of the First Continental Congress?
How did the British government restore its authority?
What did General Thomas Gage learn about the minutemen in Concord?
What happened on April 18, 1775? Describe the events.
Which two men rode through the night warning the minutemen about the British troops?
Describe the “Shot heard round the world”.
What took place in Concord?
What is the name of the first two battles that started the American Revolution.
Define minutemen.

20. Lexington

21. REVERE AND DAWES

22. Summary