1. Oct. 18 & 19
OBJECTIVE
DO FIRST
Grab a Do Now off the back table
Write the date
Write the Objective/Goal for the Day
Complete the OPTICS protocol
Overview-Whats going on?
Parts-Circle Important things
Title-What is the Title
Imagery-What message is the image/images trying to say
Conclusion-what is the main takeaway?
Put your stuff in your notebook
You will be able to define and evaluate examples of civil disobedience in Boston

2. Civil Disobedience: Definition!
Civil Disobedience: the refusal to obey certain laws through peaceful (non-violent) political protest.
Think-Write-Pair-Share: List as many examples of “civil disobedience” you can think up—remember, they have to be nonviolent!

3. Historic Example #1-Boycotts
When the British Parliament enforced the Stamp Act on the colonies, many American colonists started to boycott—or refuse to buy—British goods

4. Historic Example #1
Samuel Adams created an organization of patriots) known as the Sons of Liberty, organized a series of protests.

5. Historic Example #1 Stamp Act Congress
The patriots of New York City gathered together and formed the Stamp Act Congress, which sent petitions, or letters, to the Parliament and King, asking them to repeal (take away) these new taxes.
The Stamp Act Congress argued that the British had no right to pass new taxes without their consent (permission) and without any representation in Parliament.

6. Historical Example #2 Boston Massacre
Over 4,000 British soldiers were sent to the colonies to control the rebellious Americans.
American colonists were angry by the presence of so many soldiers
A group of colonists in Boston harassed (bothered) the soldiers as they patrolled the streets and threw snowballs and clubs at them.
By accident, the soldiers fired and several colonists were killed.

7. Historical Example #2 Boston Massacre
Crispus Attucks, a man of mixed Native American and African ancestry, was the first colonist killed in this incident.
John Adams, the cousin of Samuel Adams, defended the British soldiers in court,
saying they were acting in self-defense
the angry American patriots began calling this event the “Boston Massacre.”
The British Soldiers were found NOT GUILTY by a jury of colonists.

8. Historic Example #3: The Boston Tea Party
In response to these colonial protests and incidents of violence, the British repealed (cancelled) all of the new taxes except for the tax on tea.
In the evening of December 1773, a group of colonists dressed as Mohawk Indians boarded three British ships in Boston Harbor and dumped 45 tons of tea into the ocean.
This event became known as the Boston Tea Party

9. The Coercive/Intolerable Acts
Because of the Boston Tea Party the King of England was MAD
To punish the colonists in Boston he passed the Coercive/Intolerable Acts
This brought:
More Troops to Boston
Closed Boston Harbor
Stopped Town Hall Meetings

10. Lexington & Concord
In 1775 the Coercive Acts the colonists began training militia (army) men
Boston militia men were called Minutemen because they could be ready in a minute
The British planned a secret attack to capture patriot leaders
Paul Revere (amongst others) rode through the night warning colonists of the British Attacks.
The First Battles of the American Revolution were fought at Lexington and Concord in 1775