Monday, January 26th
Bell Work:
Please pick up your notebook and
the Sons of Liberty handout from your back table.
Take a moment to copy down the EQ and WOD for
today. Then, take a few minutes to read the passage
and answer the accompanying questions as
directed.
Daily Agenda:
Bell Work: Sons of Liberty
worksheet
WOD automaton
Activator: SFI Review
Lecture: Steps to Revolution
Summarizer: Short Response
Practice
Homework: Read
Brinkley, pgs. 131-145
(review quiz tomorrow)
Essential Question:
What inspired the British
colonists in North America to
rebel?
Automaton– a self-operating machine, a
mindless follower
(Pronunciation for Word)
Have you ever felt like someone expected you to
be an automaton, a mindless follower?
Have you ever…?
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Automaton– a self-operating machine, a
mindless follower
(Pronunciation for Word)
(Possible Answer)
Have you ever felt like someone expected you to
be an automaton, a mindless follower?
It is easy to file in and go with the flow, it takes less
work to conform. It can be difficult to stand up to
friends or others and speak your mind.
Have you ever…?
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Automaton– a self-operating machine, a
mindless follower
(Pronunciation for Word)
What would automaton mean to:
A Clockmaker?
A Science Fiction Writer?
Words Across Contexts
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Automaton– a self-operating machine, a
mindless follower
(Pronunciation for Word)
(Possible Answer)
What would automaton mean to:
A Clockmaker? A clockmaker of extreme skill might be capable
of creating an actual working automaton.
A Science Fiction Writer? The idea of humanity being mindless
sheep to be controlled has been fodder for many a Sci-Fi writer.
In works such as The Giver, 1984, Brave New World, and more
recently in Divergent and The Hunger Games, the ruling
organizations control the unaware public.
Words Across Contexts
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Taxes
Direct and Indirect taxes –
what’s the difference?
Prime Minister George Grenville adds
new taxes to pay for war.
Colonists felt they were
internal taxes, and they should
be able to vote on it. “No
Taxation without
Representation”
Sugar Act (1764) – direct
tax but aimed to stop illegal
trade with Spain and France
In many ways an enforcement
of what laws?
Stamp Act
Stamp Act (1765) – direct tax on legal papers (stamped)
Stamp Act Congress – 9 colonies join together to protest act
Boycotts and later repealed in March of 1766. Why?
Opposition to British Control
Sons of Liberty – protested Stamp Act, harassed tax agents
Daughters of Liberty - How would they help?
Samuel Adams, Dr. Joseph Warren, Paul Revere
Paxton Boys – rural PA – became famous for chant “No Taxation
without Representation”
Shows “backcountry” feeling isolated.
Patrick Henry – gives speech to Virginia Assembly – “Give me liberty
or give me death.”
Virtual vs. Actual Representation
Virtual Representation
Like a parent looking after
you
Briton idea
Actual Representation
True representation
What Colonies wanted
How would that actually be
worse for them?
The Growing Divide
1765 – Quartering Act – Colonists had to house British soldiers.
Part-time jobs by soldiers also upset colonists
1766 – Declaratory Act – after repealing Stamp Act, Britain issued
this saying that they were still in charge.
1767 – Townshend Acts – indirect Tax on imports
Trials in royal (admiralty) courts – not jury of peers
Led to more boycotts and smuggling
2 Ships
Liberty – owned by John
Hancock
Smuggled items w/o paying taxes
British seized w/ “show of force”
Triggered riots, 4000 soldiers set to
Boston
Gaspee – 1772 in Rhode Island
Colonist set British customs ship on
fire
Defendants set to court in Britain,
not in the colonies
Is this the turning point?
Boston Massacre -1772
Crowd of colonists harassed British guards
Guards fired into crowd, filling five (1st one – Crispus Attucks)
In trial, John Adams defended the soldiers, but who did he say was at fault?
Samuel Adams referred to it as a “massacre”
Paul Revere’s artist portrayal
Tea Time
Eventually all of the Townsend Acts were repealed except for some of
those involving Tea.
Tea Act (1773) – helped British East India Company and actually was
cheaper than smuggled tea.
But Colonists did not buy it because it would show Parliament’s right to tax
Boston Tea Party – 1773, dumped 342 chests
Led to the Intolerable Acts
Intolerable Acts
Also known as Coercive Acts
Closed port of Boston until tea was paid for
Expanded Quartering Acts power
Governor could ban Town Meetings
Increased power of Royal Governor
At same time Britain passed the Quebec Act
Said Canada was separate (Canada and Florida colonies never joined Revolution.)
Committees of
Correspondence
Formed in 1773 and 1774
Set up communication between
colonies
Why is that important?
Supported Boston
1st Continental Congress
Met in Philadelphia in 1774
56 delegates
Declaration of Rights and
Grievances
Would meet again the next year
“Revolution of 1774”
Although not told as much, many areas declared independence
and rebelled in 1774
Several colonies overthrew royal government and set up their
own assemblies
Communities starting collecting weapons and trained to fight minutemen
Other factors
Newspapers and Journals
Mail system helps spread propaganda
Rural discontent
Scotch-Irish people – little respect for British gov’t
Emergence of idea of an “American”
Shot heard around the world
British General Thomas Gage set force to capture supplies and arrest some leaders
(Hancock and Adams)
Three men went to warn:
Why is Revere so famous?
At Lexington – 1st shots fired (April 19, 1775)
Who fired them?
Eight Americans killed
At Concord, British confront minutemen again
But on the march back to Boston, over 3000 colonists shot at British
army and caused over 250 casualties
Summarizer:
Answer each in complete sentences in your notebook.
A. Briefly explain the British view of how the Seven Years’ War
fundamentally changed the relationship between Britain
and its American colonies.
B. Briefly explain the colonial view as a result of the war.
C. Briefly describe an initial reaction taken as a result of the
changing views by either the British or the colonists.
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