Colonial Reactions

10.22.14

October 22, 2014

Materials• INB• Pencil

Homework check:How did these events led to independence? P. 7

ToC: Topic Towards Independence

p. 1 Vocabp. 2 Vocabp. 3 Vocabp. 4 Great Awakening handoutp. 5 Great Awakening HWp. 6 Event & Main Ideas t-chartp. 7 How events led to independencep. 8 British Actions gallery walkp. 9 Colonist reactions sentencesp. 10 Loyalist/Patriot sentencesp. 11 Loyalist/Patriot Illustrations

Today in HistoryOctober 22

• 1836 - Sam Houston was inaugurated as the first president of the Republic of Texas.

• 1962 - President Kennedy announced an air and naval blockade of Cuba, following the discovery of Soviet missile bases on the island.

• 1979 - Muhammad Reza Shah Pahlevi, the deposed Shah of Iran, was allowed in the United States for medical treatment. This action led to the Iran hostage crisis.

Do Now

• Fill in the following information for a LOYALIST:1. What would a loyalist think?2. Hear?3. Say?4. Feel?5. Do?

p.8British Actions What did it do?

1. The Sugar Act2. The Stamp Act3. The Quartering Act

4. Repealed Stamp Act5. Townsend Act6. British Troops

7. Townshend Duties Repealed8. Calm Period9. Tea Act10. Coercive/Intolerable Acts

1764 Sugar Act

• Placed taxes on sugar and molasses to regulate trade and create revenue ($) for Britain.

• Smugglers would be tried in admiralty courts without juries.

1765 Stamp Act

• Required a fee for all publications and official documents.

1765 Quartering Act

• Required colonists to house and feed British troops in America.

1766 Repealed Stamp ActBut passed Declaratory Act

• Declaratory Act: Parliament could make laws binding all colonies “in all cases whatsoever.”

1770 Townshend Duties

1. Fees on tea, glass, lead, paper, paints.2. Strict customs enforcement.

6. 1768 British Troops

• 4,000 British troops were assigned to Boston to ensure orderly customs collections

1770 Townsend Duties Repealed (except tea)

• British merchants suffered a 38% cut in exports because of the colonies boycotting British goods, so the Townsend acts were repealed.

• The tax on tea was kept in place to show colonists that Parliament and the King were still in charge.

1770-73

• During this time King George III, and Lord North (The British Prime Minister) avoided further provocation of the colonists.

1773 Tea Act

• The British tried to impose a monopoly of tea on the British colonists.

Meaning that they could only buy tea from the British and no one else.

1774 Coercive Acts (Intolerable Acts)

• British reaction to the Boston Tea Party. The British punished all colonies because of actions taken in Massachusetts:

1. Closed Boston’s harbors2. Massachusetts was no longer able to govern

themselves. They would be under military rule.3. Allowed British officials to be tried in England if

they were charged with any crimes in the colonies.

4. Issued a stronger Quartering Act for all colonies.

p. 9: Match the colonial reactions and summarize them in 1 sentence.

British Actions Colonist Reactions

1. The Sugar Act2. The Stamp Act3. The Quartering Act4. Repealed Stamp Act5. Townsend Act6. British Troops7. Townshend Duties

Repealed8. Calm Period9. Tea Act10. Coercive/Intolerable Acts

1. Colonists became upset that they were being taxed without representation in Parliament.

2. Colonies began to boycott, and the Sons of Liberty began to persuade people to join their side.

3. People were angry that they had to let strangers into their home.

HomeworkP. 10 Fill in the blank p. 11 Colored illustration Patriot:I think . . . I see . . .I hear . . .I feel. . . .I do . . .I say . . .

1. Proper setting (background)2. Action (what would they be

doing)3. Word bubble to express

their opinion.

Loyalist:I think . . .I see . . .I hear . . .I feel . . .I do . . .I say . . .

1. Proper setting (background)2. Action (what would they be

doing)3. Word bubble to express their

opinion.