1. Aim: How did the actions of England lead to discontent in the colonies?
Do Now:
Watch the video from the History Channel and answer the following questions with specific information from the video:
How did Britain treat the colonist following the French and Indian War?
How did the colonists react to the British treatment?

2. Road To The Revolution !!!

3. British Actions and Colonial Reactions (1765-1775)
1765 Stamp Act
British Action Colonial Reaction _
Britain passes the Stamp Act, Colonists harass stamp distributors,
a tax law requiring colonists boycott British goods, and prepare a
to purchase special stamps to Declaration of Rights and Grievances.
prove payment of tax on all legal Samuel Adams and Sons of Liberty help
Documents. organize protests.

4. 1767 Townshend Acts British Action Colonial Reaction _
Britain taxes certain colonial Colonists protest “taxation” without
imports and stations troops at representation” and organize a new
major colonial ports to protect boycott of imported goods.
customs officers.

5. 1770 Boston Massacre British Action Colonial Reaction _
British troops stationed in Boston Colonial agitators label the conflict a
are taunted by an angry mob. The massacre and publish a dramatic engraving
troops fire into the crowd, killing depicting the violence.
five colonists.

6. 1773 Tea Act British Action Colonial Reaction _
Britain gives the East India Colonists in Boston rebel, dumping 18,000
Company special concessions pounds of East India Company tea into
in the colonial tea business and Boston Harbor.
shuts out colonial tea merchants.

7. 1774 Intolerable Acts British Action Colonial Reaction _
King George III tightens control Colonial leaders form the First Continental
over Massachusetts by closing Congress and draw up a declaration of
Boston Harbor and quartering colonial rights.
Troops.

8. On Demand Task
On a separate sheet of paper, write a journal entry from the point of view of a colonist in reaction to the acts of Parliament.
Your Journal entry should be 5-7 sentences long and describe in detail, your reaction to these acts.

9. Apply your knowledge
Why were the colonists so enraged (angry) by the new laws placed upon them?

10. Committees of Correspondence
Purpose was to warn neighboring colonies about incidents with Britain and broaden the resistance movement.

11. First Continental Congress (1774)
56 delegates from 12 colonies met in Philadelphia
Agenda  How to respond to the new acts placed on colonies.
Supported the protests in Massachusetts and stated that if the British used forced against the colonies, the colonies should fight back.

12. Second Continental Congress (1775)
Appointed George Washington head of Continental Army
Sent the Olive Branch Petition as a last attempt at peace
July 4, 1776 – Approves the Declaration of Independence
Olive Branch Petition

13. Thomas Paine: Common Sense
A 15 page pamphlet by Thomas Paine, published in 1776, that called for the separation of the colonies from Britain.

14. The British Are Coming . . .
Paul Revere & William Dawes make their midnight ride to warn the Minutemen of approaching British soldiers.

15. The Shot Heard ’Round the World!
Lexington & Concord – April 18,1775
The first battles of the American Revolution. The colonist proved that they were willing to fight and die for their cause.

16. Declaration of Independence (1776)
Written by Thomas Jefferson and approved by the Second Continental Congress on July 4, 1776, declaring the colonies independence from Britain.

17. Closing Question Sum It Up!!!!
How did the actions of England lead to discontent in the colonies?
(Use specific facts from today’s lesson)