1. 4.1, The Stirrings of Rebellion
“No taxation without representation!”
-James Otis

3. LEGAL DOCUMENTS, NEWSPAPERS, PLAYING CARDS AND DICE
STAMP ACT
LEGAL DOCUMENTS, NEWSPAPERS, PLAYING CARDS AND DICE
SMUGGLERS TRIED IN VICE- ADMIRALTY COURTS
STAMP ACT CONGRESS
DECLARATION OF GRIEVANCES
NO REPRESENTATION = NO DIRECT TAX (DIRECT VS. INDIRECT TAX?)
BOYCOTT LEADS TO PARLIAMENT’S REPEAL
DECLARATORY ACT

4. TAXED: LEAD, PAPER, PAINT, GLASS & TEA COLONIAL BOYCOTT EX: LIBERY TEA
TOWNSHEND ACTS
INDIRECT TAX
TAXED: LEAD, PAPER, PAINT, GLASS & TEA
COLONIAL BOYCOTT
EX: LIBERY TEA

5. BOSTON MASSACRE
MARCH 5, 1770
CUSTOMS HOUSE
5 COLONISTS KILLED (CRISPUS ATTUCKS)

7. COLONIAL RESPONSE TO TEA ACT
BOSTON TEA PARTY
COLONIAL RESPONSE TO TEA ACT
TEA ACT CUT OUT COLONIAL MERCHANTS AND LOWERED THE PRICE OF TEA
PRIME MINISTER NORTH’S ATTEMPT TO “BAIL OUT” THE BRITISH EAST INDIA COMPANY
12/16/1773 – BOSTON TEA PARTY
18,000 LBS. OF TEA DUMPED INTO BOSTON HARBOR BY COLONISTS DRESSED AS MOHAWK INDIANS

9. King George III

10. THE INTOLERABLE ACTS BOSTON PORT ACT
BOSTON HARBOR CLOSED UNTIL BRITISH EAST INDIA COMPANY IS REPAID
ADMINISTRATION OF JUSTICE ACT
GOVERNOR MAY RELOCATE TRIALS OF BRITISH OFFICIALS / MILITARY TO ENSURE FAIR TRIAL
“MURDER ACT” – GEORGE WASHINGTON

11. THE INTOLERABLE ACTS MASSACHUSETTS GOVERNMENT ACT EMPOWERS GOVERNOR
LIMITS TOWN MEETINGS
QUARTERING ACT
SOLDIERS TO BE HOUSED LOCALLY (ABANDONED WAREHOUSES)
QUEBEC ACT*
EXPANDS THE SOUTHERN BORDER TO THE OHIO RIVER
EXPANSION OF CATHOLICISM THREATENS PROTESTANT COLONISTS

12. 4/18/1775 – “THE SHOT HEARD ‘ROUND THE WORLD”
LEXINGTON AND CONCORD
GENERAL GAGE SEEKS MUNITIONS AS WEL AS SAM ADAMS AND JOHN HANCOCK (SONS OF LIBERTY)
4/18/1775 – “THE SHOT HEARD ‘ROUND THE WORLD”
PAUL REVERE – “THE REGULARS ARE OUT!”
LEXINGTON GREEN / MILITIA / MINUTEMEN

14. SUMMARIZER: (a) TOWNSHEND ACTS (b) BOSTON TEA PARTY (c) STAMP ACT
PLACE THE FOLLOWING EVENTS IN CHRONOLOGICAL ORDER:
(a) TOWNSHEND ACTS
(b) BOSTON TEA PARTY
(c) STAMP ACT
(d) BOSTON MASSACRE
(e) INTOLERABLE ACTS
(f) LEXINGTON / CONCORD
(g) STAMP ACT CONGRESS
(h) FIRST CONTINENTAL CONGRESS
(i) TEA ACT

15. ANSWER KEY: (c) STAMP ACT (g) STAMP ACT CONGRESS (a) TOWNSHEND ACTS
(d) BOSTON MASSACRE
(i) TEA ACT
(b) BOSTON TEA PARTY
(e) INTOLERABLE ACTS
(h) FIRST CONTINENTAL CONGRESS
(f) LEXINGTON / CONCORD