1. Chapter 5.3

2.  Explain how a dispute over tea led to tensions between colonist and Britain.  Describe how Parliament struck back at Boston.  Identify the reasons fighting broke out at Lexington and Concord.

3.  British East India Company brought tea from southern Asia to Colonies, sold it to tea merchants to make profit.  Colonist refuse to buy tea.  East India Company losing money, Tea Act passed to bypass tea merchants. Tea would be cheaper because of no merchant profit, tax would help EIC.  Angered colonists against tax, merchants and even tea drinkers.

4.  Tea Drinkers started to drink coffee.  Drank Liberty Tea made from Raspberry Leaves.  Sons of Liberty refused to allow British East India Company from unloading cargo of tea at ports.

5.  November 1773, Sons of Liberty and Sam Adams, sent a message demanding ships leave Boston.  Royal Governor rejected offer  A group disguised as Native Americans board ship and dump tea in Boston harbor.

6.  Punish Massachusetts by issuing the Intolerable Acts.  Intolerable Acts:  Shut down Boston Harbor  Forbade town meetings, only 1 per year  Custom officers/officer could be tried in Canada or Britain  Quartering Act: Live in Boston houses

7.  Set up government in Canada  Extended border freedom to French Catholics  Extended into Ohio and Missouri Rivers boundaries  Angered colonists who claimed these lands

8.  12 colony delegates meet  Georgia did not send  Back Massachusetts struggle  Boycott all goods and stop exports to Britain until Intolerable Acts repealed  Creation of a militia authorized

9.  Minutemen = volunteers who trained to respond in a minutes notice  Thomas Gage, British Commander ordered a surprise march to Concord to capture powder and arms  Colonist were alarmed by Paul Revere “midnight rider

10.  At Lexington, 70 militia met the Redcoats.  Eight colonist were killed.  British pushed on Concord, found no arms.  Met by 300 militia, British retreat, losing 70 killed from sharpshooters.  No peaceful solution…meaning war!