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Road to Revolution
Tea Act, Boston Tea Party, Intolerable Acts and First
Continental Congress
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Trouble in Boston
• Ship, Liberty, seized in 1768 for having illegal goods – Owned by John Hancock
• Violence in Boston in protest to the taxes & to the seizure of ships– British troops occupy city in response
• Sons of Liberty– Sometimes used intimidation and
physical violence to achieve their goals
DID YOU KNOW: The British used “writs of assistance” to search and seize any home or ship that was suspected of having illegal (untaxed) items.
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Tea Act (1773)• Tea Act (1773)– New act, lowered price of tea but
required colonists to buy it from the East India Company
• Boston Tea Party– December 16th – at night, patriots
dressed as Native Americans boarded the ships & threw 90,000 lbs. of tea overboard
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Great Britain’s Response-Coercive Acts (Intolerable Acts)
• Quartering Act (1765)– Colonies must supply and house British troops
• Boston Port Bill (1774)– Closes Boston Harbor until tea is paid for
• Administration of Justice Act (1774)– British officials charged of a crime could
relocate trial• Massachusetts Government Act (1774)–Massachusetts charter is revoked
• Quebec Act (1774)– Canada given more territory, taken away from
VA, CT & MA
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Committees of Correspondence
• Formed to allow the colonies to communicate with each other
• Spread revolutionary actions– Often quicker than other methods of
communication–Writings would be read aloud or published in
other colonies
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Uniting of the Colonies• Common Sense written
by Thomas Paine became a movement for independence.
• Published Common Sense, a pamphlet, in 1776
• Sold more than 150,000 copies– 75x more than average
successful paper
• Patrick Henry’s Speech to the Virginia delegates in Richmond, VA
• 1st Continental Congress met in Philadelphia in response to the Coercive/Intolerable Acts– Boycott British goods– Delegates decided to raise
colonial militia– Send aid to Boston
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Homework: Create a timeline or a thinking map on the events leading up to/causes of the
American Revolution• Note: At a minimum,
these must be covered.• Proclamation of 1763• American Nationalism• Sugar Act• Stamp Act• Son/Daughters of Liberty• Non-Importation
Agreement• Declaratory Act• Townsend Acts
• Boston Massacre• Tea Acts• Committees of
Correspondence• Boston Tea Party• Intolerable Acts• Lexington and
Concord