COLONIAL UNREST songs...i m going to tax you...all night long
COLONIAL UNREST
PROCLAMATION OF 1763 PROCLAMATION OF 1763 PEACE
1765 QUARTERING ACT What? colonists provide barracks in their homes colonists provide food & supplies Why? What s the big deal?
+1765 QUARTERING ACT PROCLAMATION OF 1763 PEACE 1765 QUARTERING ACT
1765 STAMP ACT MARCH 22, 1765 WHY? PAY FOR TROOPS WHAT? ship documents playing cards newspapers licenses
+ 1765 STAMP ACT PROCLAMATION OF 1763 PEACE 1765 QUARTERING ACT 1765 STAMP ACT
1767 TOWNSHEND ACTS JUNE 29, 1767 WHAT? TAX ON GLASS PAINT OIL LEAD PAPER TEA For the Customs House Officer Landing the tea They Tarred him and Featheed him, just as you see And they drenched him so well, both behind and before That he begg d for God s sake they would drench him no more $ to run colonies
+ 1767 TOWNSHEND ACTS PROCLAMATION OF 1763 PEACE 1765 QUARTERING ACT 1765 STAMP ACT 1767 Townshend Acts
MARCH 5, 1770 BOSTON MASSACRE PROCLAMATION OF 1763 PEACE 1765 QUARTERING ACT 1765 STAMP ACT 1767 Townshend Acts 1770 Boston Massacre
1770 BOSTON MASACRE PERCEPTION VS. REALITY THE LIMITS OF HISTORICAL FACTS Find Eno/Smart Board Boston Massacre Analysis
PROPAGANDA Use a dictionary to look up the meaning of PROPAGANDA Write the definition down in your notebook After reading and copying the definition, can you or a neighbor think of exampels of propaganda in our modern lives?
BOSTON MASSACRE TRIAL If you were the chief investigator of this incident, what would be some questions you need to ask? In your notebook, brainstorm some questions. Turn and Talk with a neighbor What do you think should be done to the soldiers?
BOSTON MASSACRE TRIAL Reader s Theater What would you say if a SON OF LIBERTY was the lawyer who defended the REDCOATS in the Boston Massacre Trial? Why would JOHN ADAMS do such a thing?
1773 BOSTON TEA PARTY Who? Why?
The Destruction of Tea in Numbers and Facts The Boston Tea Party occurred on Thursday, December 16, 1773, and took 3 hours between 7 and 10 PM 90,000 lbs (45 tons) of tea in 342 containers was thrown overboard 116 people participated in the destruction of tea Each full container had a weight of 400 pounds. Half-containers were 100 pounds each The destroyed tea was worth an estimated 10,000. In today s money this would be approximately equal to a million dollars More than 5000 people showed up for the meeting in the Old South Meeting house The names of the three B.T.P. ships were Dartmouth, Eleanor and Beaver The Tea Party occurred at the Griffin s Wharf in Boston that no longer exists due to landfills that occurred in 19th century
MARCH 5, 1770 BOSTON MASSACRE PROCLAMATION OF 1763 PEACE 1765 QUARTERING ACT 1765 STAMP ACT 1767 Townshend Acts 1770 Boston Massacre 1773 Boston Tea Party
1774 INTOLERABLE ACTS Close the port of Boston Military control of Boston Pay for tea lost in Boston Tea Party Massachusetts legislture and town meetings suspended
1774 INTOLERABLE ACTS PEACE PROCLAMATION OF 1763 1765 QUARTERING ACT 1765 STAMP ACT 1767 Townshend Acts 1770 Boston Massacre 1773 Boston Tea Party 1774 Intolerable Acts
1774 FIRST CONTINENTAL CONGRESS Colonies begin to work together 12 of 13 colonies send reps to Continental Congress 7 weeks later, Declaration of Rights Complete boycott of British goods Violators tarred & feathered
1775 FIRST CONTINENTAL CONGRESS PEACE PROCLAMATION OF 1763 1765 QUARTERING ACT 1765 STAMP ACT 1767 Townshend Acts 1770 Boston Massacre 1773 Boston Tea Party 1774 Intolerable Acts 1775 First Continental Congress
1774 LEXINGTON & CONCORD April 1775, Redcoats march to Lexington & Concord to remove colonial buildup of military supplies
1775 LEXINGTON & CONCORD PEACE PROCLAMATION OF 1763 1765 QUARTERING ACT 1765 STAMP ACT 1767 Townshend Acts 1770 Boston Massacre 1773 Boston Tea Party 1774 Intolerable Acts 1775 First Continental Congress 1775 Lexington & Concord