Jump Start – On Level
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Create a KWL chart in your notebook about the
Boston Tea Party and complete it.
What you
KNOW
What you
want to
LEARN
What you
LEARNED
(to be
completed
after)
Jump Start – Pre AP
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In your notebook…Civil disobedience is a
refusal to follow a law we think is unjust.
Create an example of civil disobedience in
school, at home, and in an extra curricular
activity.
What punishment would fit those examples?
Causes of the Revolution
Causes of the Revolution
Things we have seen
so far…
Mercantlism
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Economic theory that says a
nations wealth depends on the
amount of gold it has
Raw materials were exported
from colonies in order for Britain
to make a profit
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Cash crops such as lumber, grain,
tobacco, etc.
Colonies were established to
benefit the mother country
(Britain)…not for the colonists’
benefit
French and Indian War
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England vs. France
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Colonists fought for the British, Native Americans fought for
the French. Both were competing for the Ohio River Valley.
England won  received all lands east of the
Mississippi River, except new Orleans.
BUT the war left England in huge debt…causing taxes.
Proclamation of
1763
King George III
said colonists could
not settle west of
the line because it
was too costly to
defend against the
natives. 
Causes of the Revolution
New Taxes Increase
Conflict
New Taxes Increase Conflict
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Conflict with Indians was not the only problem
Britain was dealing with
How were they going to pay off the debt from
the French and Indian War?
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Citizens in England were already overtaxed
The government decided that the colonists
should start paying their fair share
Taxation Without Representation:
SUGAR ACT (1764)
SUMMARY
 Parliament passes the Sugar Act
– Taxed sugar, molasses, and other
products
SIGNIFICANCE
 Colonists considered this Act tyranny
– Unjust use of power
 They were not opposed to taxes, but
this tax was passed by Parliament
– They had no representation
Taxation Without Representation:
STAMP ACT (1765)
SUMMARY
 The British government passed a new law
called the Stamp Act
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required colonists to buy a stamp for every piece of
paper used (included newspapers, legal documents,
and books)
SIGNIFICANCE
 New kind of tax
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Colonists boycotted British goods
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Applied within the colonies; not just imports
Effected many more people
Boycott – refusal to buy
After months of protest, it was repealed in
1766
Taxation Without Representation:
QUARTERING AND TOWNSHEND
ACTS (1765)
Quartering Act
SUMMARY
 Required colonists to
provide shelter and
supplies to British troops
stationed in their towns
SIGNIFICANCE
 Providing these things
cost the colonists $$$
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They saw this as the same
thing as a tax
Townshend Acts
SUMMARY
 Taxed popular goods that the
colonists imported from Britain
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glass, lead, paint, paper, and tea
SIGNIFICANCE
 Colonists felt that they were being
taxed for necessities
 Samuel Adams led colonists in
another boycott of British goods
following the tax
 British government repealed all of
the taxes except one… the Tea
tax…
Boston
Massacre
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March 5, 1770
British troops vs.
citizens of Boston
A mob of Patriots antagonized British troops, who
were quartered (stationed) in Boston
British troops panicked and fired
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5 people killed, 10 injured
Samuel Adams deemed this a “horrid massacre”
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Contributed to colonial anger
The Tea Act of 1773
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On the same day as the Boston Massacre,
Parliament proposed a repeal of the
Townshend Act except on Tea.
The act made British tea cheaper than foreign
tea and gave a monopoly to the British East
India Tea Company.
Colonists felt that Britain was forcing them to
pay another unjust tax, leading to more
boycotts.
Boston Tea Party
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A protest against the
Tea Act of 1773
Made British tea cheaper
than the foreign tea the colonists were smuggling
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On Dec. 16, 1773, the Sons of Liberty dressed as
Indians and dumped British tea into Boston harbor
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Sons of Liberty- secret society, led by Samuel
Adams, that were opposed to British policies
342 packages=45 tons=$12 million today
Intolerable Acts
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Passed to punish the Massachusetts for the Boston Tea
Party
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Closed the port of Boston until they paid for the destroyed tea
Placed the government of Massachusetts under British control
British soldiers accused of murder would now stand trial in
England, not the colonies
Sent even more troops to enforce the new law
Instead of giving in, the colonists banded even closer
together
Virginia called for a Congress to discuss a solution to the
conflict with Britain
Wrap Up
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Civil disobedience is a refusal to follow a law
we think is unjust. In what was the Boston Tea
Party an example?
Do you think it was justified?
Explain your reasoning.
First Continental Congress
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In September of 1774,
delegates met from all of
the colonies
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Carpenter’s Hall, Philadelphia
Agreed to send a message
to King George urging him
to consider their complaints
Called for a boycott of
British goods until
Intolerable Acts were
repealed
Planned to meet again in
seven months