1. FYI: Townshend Acts:1767
Another attempt by England to alleviate debts incurred from French & Indian war.
Import tax on tea, paper, glass and coloring for paint (five years before the Tea Act)
Outcome: People stopped painting their homes and switched to drinking coffee instead of tea.
This is different from the Tea Act because…..
Townshend Acts were a direct tax on products including tea
The Tea Act was allowed Britain to export tea directly to the colonies at a lower price than the colonial merchants could. Therefore, colonists felt that this was a trick to get them to buy the tea and pay a lower tax.

2. INTOLERABLE ACTS AKA- Coercive Acts
In response to the destruction of the tea, the British government issued the Intolerable Acts and refused to repeal them until the destroyed tea was paid for by the colonists of Boston.
They closed the Boston port (Boston Port Act)
The Massachusetts colony could not hold town meetings without permission of the Royal Governor (Massachusetts Government Act)
Any British official who committed a capital crime was sent back to England to stand trial (Impartial Administration Act)
Forced citizens of Massachusetts to house and feed British soldiers at citizen’s expense. (Quartering Act)

3. The First Continental Congress
The Intolerable Acts caused many to feel sympathy for Massachusetts and led colonial leaders to unify in the belief the British Parliament was violating their natural and constitutional rights.
12/13 colonies sent representatives, ALL except Georgia.
At this meeting members agreed to:
boycott British goods
Give military support to Massachusetts if they were attacked by Great Britain.

4. What’s up with Georgia?? Why wasn’t Georgia represented?
The response from Georgia was minimal in regards to the British “acts”
Georgia was one of the youngest colonies and was totally dependent on Britain for its economy & defense.
Royal Governor James Wright was popular with the colonists and instrumental in quelling/assuaging patriotism.
Georgia’s economy was finally getting strong
Most Georgians considered themselves part of the greatest Empire in the world and had friends and family in the United Kingdom.
However, those loyal to the Patriot cause, such as, Noble. W Jones and Peter Tondee, began to gather strength in Georgia

5. Battles of Lexington and Concord
The first shot fired in the American Revolution took place at the AKA- The Shot Heard ‘Round the World
Bonus: School House Rock Shot Heard Around the World:

6. Second Continental Congress
Philadelphia 1775:
Why: Colonists feared that the British planned on using force to oppress the colonies, so they agreed to meet again to consider declaring independence.
What: A group of delegates gathering for a series of meetings from May 5, 1775 through the end of the war
Outcome: Delegates draft the Declaration of Independence (Break-up Letter with Great Britain)
Ted Ed: Declaration of Independence:

7. Second Continental Congress Facts
Group of delegates included:
John Adams
Sam Adams
Benjamin Franklin
John Hancock
Patrick Henry
Outcomes other than the Declaration of Independence:
Organized the Continental Army
Appointed George Washington as army commander
Authorized the printing of money
Wrote the Olive Branch Petition
Drafted the Declaration of Independence
Article of Confederation