Warm Up

Grab a Historical Fiction Summary Sheet from front table and complete.

Also take out Historical Fiction Project Sheet.

The Presentation

3 Parts for PresentationTalk about the PlotConnect to HistoryTalk about the real

history

The PosterHalf a piece of poster

board (no larger)Extra Credit?

Get you in your collage

Take out Your Taxation Worksheet

Taxation without Representation

The Events Leading to the Revolution!

Prior to F+I War

The Navigation Acts

All Trade must go to England

Smuggling became popular pastime

Effects of F + I War

Fur TradeHuge DebtColonies must pay

Proclamation of 1763

Debts & Taxing

How were taxes collected?

The Sugar Act 1764

Taxed foreign molasses Made foreign sugar and molasses more

expensive than BritishSeize goods without court

The Stamp Act 1765

Tax on all printed material

Angered colonistsTax without consentInterfere with

colonial affairsProtests break out

Protests in the Street

Stamp Act Congress

9 colonies urge boycottColonial leaders meet New YorkEnded with Repeal in 1766Declaratory Act 1766

Townshend Acts 1767

Import Taxes

Lead, paint, paper, glass and tea imported by colonists

NY Legislature suspended until agrees to quartering of troops

Guided Reading Work

Due Fri Oct 1st

Warm Up

Grab the “Addendum” sheetTake out Taxation Worksheet

Using Same directions as taxation sheet complete the Stamp Act Congress and Boston Massacre entries

Unrest Builds!

BostonUnjust Laws2 Regiments of

troops

Primary Source Read

The Incident in Boston

March 5, 1770

The Boston Incident

Ch 5 GR Work

Warm Up

Take Out Colonial Grievance Worksheet

The Boston Massacre

Historical Fiction Warm Up

Grab a Historical Fiction Summary Sheet and Complete

John Adams

Warm Up

Take Out Taxation Sheet and complete any remaining entries

&Hand in Sons o’ Liberty / Committee of Correspondence activity on front

table

Review

Why did England pass their F&I war debt to the colonies?

Which town became the hotbed for anti-taxation protest?

What happened between a mob and a group of British soldiers in that town?

What is propaganda?

News Spreads!

Propaganda – twisted truth, or misinformation designed to gain an advantage

Committees of Correspondence – Letter writing groups organized to keep other colonies informed of British actions in the colonies

Tea Problems

Townshend Acts repealedExcept for Tea

Period of calm ensues in colonies

The Tea Act of 1773British Tea Company

losing money in colonies

Dutch Merchants selling cheaper Tea

Tax makes non – British East India Company very expensive

Colonists extremely angry!

Boston Tea Party

December 16, 1773

The “Intolerable” Acts

Coercive ActsBoston Harbor ClosedGovernment Shut DownPay for TeaHouse soldiers in homes

Timeline Activity

Warm Up

Take out your timelines and complete

With each timeline entry add a small illustration

The Response to the “Intolerable” Acts

The Continental Congress

September 1774

Continental Congress

55 Delegates from 12 colonies

Met in PhillyWho came?

John and Samuel Adams

John Jay

Richard Henry Lee and Patrick Henry

George Washington

The Minutes

List of GrievancesBoycott of all English

GoodsSuffolk Resolves

Arm militia around Boston

Colonial Militia

Trouble Brewing…

Sir Thomas Gage700 troops to

Concord

“The Redcoats are Coming!”

The Shot Heard Round the World

Lexington – 70 militia

March to ConcordLong March Home