1. Trouble in the Colonies
Chapter 2, Section 3
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2. Vocabulary
Boston Tea Party: led to the passage of the Coercive Acts of 1774
The Stamp Act: passed by the British to raise money
Lexington: shot heard “round the world” fired here
Militia: group of citizen soldiers
Boston Massacre: killed five colonists

3. New British Policies The French and Indian War
Indians joined the French
Between British and French, British won
The Proclamation of 1763
Gave British French territory
Britain said you couldn’t move West
Controlled movement, less Indian conflicts

4. The British Tax the Colonies
Pay for war-financial problems
1764: Sugar Act: lower tax on imported molasses
Tried to stop smuggling
Stamp Act: printed material tax (newspapers)
Angry colonists boycotted
Townshend Acts: 1767
Imported goods taxed: glass, tea, paper, lead

5. Tax Protests lead to Revolt
The Boston Massacre
March 5, 1770
5 unarmed colonists were shot
Samuel Adams organized rebellions
Boston Tea Party
1773: Tea Act
Coercive Acts punished Colonists
Closed down Boston Harbor

6. A Call to Arms Continental Congress Delegates from colonies
1774: challenged British control
Sam Adams, John Adams, Patrick Henry, George Washington
Formed a militia

7. The Coming Revolution Minutemen Paul Revere Lexington Concord
Trained militia ready to fight “in a minute’s notice”
Paul Revere
Warned the British were coming
Lexington
First shots fired on British
Concord
Minutemen militia held Boston under siege