THE STIRRINGS OF
REBELLION
Chapter 4: Section 1
 Do Now: Respect Talk
 Obj:
• Colonists objections to British taxes
• Tensions Rise in MA
• Battle of Lexington and Concord
 HW: Active Read 4.2
COLONIES ORGANIZE TO
RESIST
 The Stamp Act:
• Passed by George Grenville
in 1765
• Required colonists to
purchase special “stamped”
paper for legal documents,
license, newspaper, and
pamphlet
• Colonists outraged, disobey
would end with colonist
arrest
 Stamp Act Protests:
• Sons of Liberty violently
protested Stamp Act
• Attack stamp agents and
royal governors alike
• Merchants in New York,
Boston, and Philadelphia
boycott British
manufactured goods….
• 1766 British Parliament
repeals the Stamp Act….!!!
“ TA X AT I O N W I T H O U T
R E P R E S E N TAT I O N ”
 The Townshend Acts:
• Indirect tax levied on glass, lead, paint, paper, and tea
• Samuel Adams of Boston calls for another boycott of British goods
• Colonial women give up British luxuries and exchange tea recipes from
birch bark
• 1768 British seize John Hancock’s ship the Liberty under suspicion of
smuggling goods
• The colonists riot, and as a result the British station 2,000 “redcoats”
in Boston…
TENSION MOUNTS IN MA
 “The Boston Massacre”:
• March 5, 1770
• Angered over lack of jobs a mob gathers in front of a Customs
House in Boston
• The angry mob hurls ice balls and wooden clubs at the British
soldiers
• Shots are fired and five are killed
• Bostonians call it the Boston Massacre to stir up rebellious spirit
THE BOSTON TEA PARTY
 Tea boycotts are running British Tea companies out of business
 Britain tries to sell tea directly to consumers cheaper than Boston
merchants can (Tea Act)
 Hopes colonist will buy cheaper tea and save their company
• Colonists protest instead…..
THE BOSTON TEA PARTY
 Dec. 16, 1773
• Colonists dressed like
Native Americans break
into British ships carrying
tea in Boston Harbor.
• Dump nearly 18,000 lbs of
British Tea into the harbor
• Incident becomes known as
“The Boston Tea Party”
T H E I N T O L E R A B L E AC T S
&
F I R S T C O N T I N E N TA L C O N G R E S S
 Furious over the Boston Tea Party King George III passed the a series
of laws the colonists called the Intolerable Acts:
• Shut down Boston Harbor
• Quartering Act- British soldiers could be housed in Boston homes and
buildings
• Placed Massachusetts under martial law- military control
 First Continental Congress:
• 1774 56 delegates from the colonies met in Philadelphia to discuss the
rights of the colonies
• They supported the MA protests and told Britain they would fight if
pushed to it
LEXINGTON AND
CONCORD
 After the First Continental Congress civilians or Minutemen began
to arm themselves
 Stockpiling large amounts of guns and ammunition in Concord
MA, outside of Boston
 British generals learn of this and plan to march to Concord and
destroy an armory in its path….
“THE REGULARS ARE
COMING!”
 As British troops left Boston for Concord series of riders left to
spread the word:
• Paul Revere, William Dawes, and Samuel Prescott warned the
Minutemen that British regulars were coming and to be prepared
• They also warned John Hancock and Sam Adams that British were
coming to capture them…
“SHOT HEARD ROUND THE
WORLD”
 Minutemen gathered at Lexington Common (on way to Concord)
to resist the British
 70 Minutemen stood ground against British Army of 700
• When told to disperse the Minutemen remained
• A shot was fired from somewhere and the British open up on the
militia killing 8 men…