1. The Road to Revolution

2. EQ
Does government have the right to make demands without consent of the people? Why or Why not?

3. Vocabulary Artillery Boston Massacre
Boycott Declaration of Independence
Intolerable Acts Loyalists
Militia Minuteman
Patriot Quartering Act
Revenue Sons of Liberty
Stamp Act Sugar Act
Townshend Acts Writs of Assistance

4. The colonists become upset, protest and boycott England, because laws and regulations are being passed without them being represented in Parliament, not just because they are being taxed.

5. Restrictions on the Colonists
After the War (F & I War) England makes and enforces laws on all 13 colonies
Starts with the Proclamation line of 1763
Colonists fought the war for land
and do not follow the law

6. King George passes the Quartering Act to enforce the Proclamation of 1763
10,000 troops placed in the colonies and housed and given supplies by the colonists
A tax on a family and their supplies and home

7. Sugar Act- tax on sugar and molasses
Actually lowers the tax from 6₡ to 3₡
Law is actually enforced now
Harsh punishments for smugglers
Taxed imported goods
Explain why the colonists would be upset by this law;
No representation in the creation of the law
No longer have power to create their own laws and taxes

8. Stamp Act
Legal documents and commercial documents had to have a stamp showing the tax was paid
Diplomas, contracts and wills are some examples
Newspapers had to be printed on special stamped paper

9. All colonists were affected by this tax
Had to pay the tax with silver coins (which were very rare)
Speculate what could happen because England can tax the colonists whenever they want because there is no representation from the colonies.
How bad could it become for the colonists
Patrick Henry a leader in the Legislature said, “Why Not our lands? Why not the produce of our lands and, in short , everything we possess and make use of?

10. Protesting 2 types of protesting
Violent
Peaceful
What are the benefits of a peaceful protest/ violent?
Are there any benefits?
Which way do you think would be the best way to accomplish a goal and why?

11. Result of the Stamp Act 9 colonies have a meeting
Created a petition that said the right of taxing the colonies belonged to the colonies not Parliament
Colonial merchants boycott British goods in protest of the Stamp Act

12. Sons of Liberty
Lawyers, merchants and craftspeople (people most affected by the Stamp Act)
Burned stamped paper whenever they could
Tar and feather customs officials

13. William Pitt
“The Americans have not acted in all things with prudence and [good] temper. They have been driven to madness by injustice. Will you punish them for the madness you have [caused]?... My opinion… is that the Stamp Act be repealed absolutely, totally and immediately.”

14. Parliament repeals the Stamp Act in 1766
Parliament also passes the Declaratory Act- Parliament has supreme Authority to govern the colonies

15. ACTS Activity 5 different groups.
Pick on of the following Acts that were passed by Parliament and find a way to act out the act, without speaking or making sounds, so that the class could guess what Act it is that you are acting out.
Intolerable Acts, Quartering Acts, Stamp Act, Sugar Act, Townshend Acts

16. Write a paragraph Explain in a paragraph the following question;
Does government have the right to make demands without consent of the people? Why or Why not?