1. Review for Chapter 4, Section 1 Quiz

2. Character Development
I dream that one day…

3. Chapter 4 The War for Independence

4. I. The Stirrings of Rebellion
A. Tensions between colonists and Britain continued to grow
1. Stamp Act (1765)- required colonists to buy stamps to be placed on certain goods
a. affected the colonists directly
b. Sons of Liberty- Sam Adams
c. boycotts
d Parliament repealed the Stamp Act

5. 2. 1777- Parliament passed the Townsend Acts
a. placed on more goods and TEA
b. protests
c. more British troops sent to Boston

6. B. Boston Massacre- Crispus Attucks
C. Committees of Correspondence
D. Boston Tea Party
E. King George III punished Massachusetts by passing the Intolerable Acts- martial law
F. Colonial leaders form the First Continental Congress

7. G. Concord and Lexington
1. minutemen
2. Paul Revere
3. Battle of Lexington- 15 minutes
4. British are ambushed on the way back from Concord, and the defeated troops returned to Boston

8. Protest over the Stamp Act

9. Sons of Liberty

13. Death of the Stamp Act

20. First Continental Congress

25. Chapter 4
The War for Independence
I. The Stirrings of Rebellion
A. Tensions between colonists and Britain continued to grow
1. Stamp Act (1765)- required colonists to buy stamps to
be placed on certain goods
a. affected the colonists directly
b. Sons of Liberty- Sam Adams
c. boycotts
d Parliament repealed the Stamp Act
Parliament passed the Townsend Acts
a. placed on more goods and TEA
b. protests
c. more British troops sent to Boston
B. Boston Massacre- Crispus Attucks
C. Committees of Correspondence
D. Boston Tea Party
E. King George III punished Massachusetts by passing the
Intolerable Acts- martial law
F. Colonial leaders form the First Continental Congress
G. Concord and Lexington
1. minutemen
2. Paul Revere
3. Battle of Lexington- 15 minutes
4. British are ambushed on the way back from Concord, and
the defeated troops returned to Boston

26. Sequence
Write a paragraph on the events leading up to the American Revolution.

27. Alabama High School Graduation Exam Review Questions
Who was the leader of the Sons of Liberty?
Why did Paul Revere ride?
What does “taxation without representation” mean?
What did the Navigation Acts force the colonists to do?
How many people were killed in the Boston Massacre?
What was the significance of the Boston Tea Party?
What actions did King George take to punish the colonists for the Boston Tea Party?
What were the first two skirmishes between the British and the American colonists?