1. Which of the following taxes would have made the colonists the most upset? Stamp Act Tea Act Intolerable Acts Sugar Act Declaratory Act Explain your reasoning.

2. Colonial Resistance

3. What does resistance mean? When does resistance turn into rebellion?

4. resistance definitionexample from unit historical signficancegeneral significance

5. rebellion definitionexample from unit historical signficancegeneral significance

6. Resistance: the refusal to accept or comply with something; attempt to prevent something by action or argument, armed or violent opposition, secret organizations resisting authority especially in an occupied country. Rebellion: an act of violent conflict or open resistance to an established government or ruler.

7. Colonial Resistance Between 1763 and 1775 the tension between Great Britain and the colonies grew. The colonies began protesting the actions of the British Government in several different ways

8. Sons of Liberty Samuel Adams

9. Sons of Liberty: tar and feathering of tax collector in response to the stamp act

10. Boston Massacre, 1770 - arguments between a group of colonists and british soldiers escalated into an armed conflict. - British troops opened fire on an angry crowd of protestors in Boston. - Five people died

12. Propaganda: a story giving only one side in an argument. How is Paul Revere’s picture of the Boston Massacre an example of propaganda? How did the Boston Massacre change the way some colonists thought about Great British rule?

13. Boston Tea Party,

14. The Committees of Correspondence Sons and Daughters of Liberty Boston Massacre Boycotts of British Goods The Boston Tea Party First Continental Congress Colonial Resistance

15. The Committees of Correspondence Were formed in reaction the the Sugar Act so the colonies could communicate with each other and unite themselves against the British. Sons and Daughters of Liberty The sons of liberty organized resistance to the Stamp Act. This group would attack home of tax collectors and protested in the streets. The daughters of liberty organized boycotts of British goods such as textiles and tea. Boston Massacre British troops opened fire on an angry group of colonists who were protesting in Boston killing five people. Paul Revere’s depiction turned colonists against the British. Boycotts of British Goods Many colonists refused to buy British goods to protest the taxes. They refused to buy things such as paper, tea, and other manufactured goods. The Boston Tea Party In protest to the tea act, the sons of liberty dumped 342 chests of tea into Boston Harbor. First Continental Congress Formed as a result of the Intolerable/Coercive Acts, the colonies united to decide the best way to respond to British actions. Colonial Resistance

16. ActDateWhy Parliament Passed the... What the act said...Colonial Response Sugar Act1764Help pay for the French and Indian War and keep a standing army in North America. set duties on molasses and sugar imported to the colonies, changed colonial courts, no juries, guilty until proven innocent upset because they thought taxes were unfair, “no taxation without representation,” formed the Committees of Correspondence, boycotts to hurt British economically. Stamp Act1765another way to tax colonies to get money. required colonists to pay for an official stamp when they bought paper items. Tax on newspapers, pamphlets, and playing cards angry about being taxed directly. protests formed immediately, Sons of Liberty was formed, used violence against tax collectors, resolutions to Virginia House of Burgess against Stamp Act. Declaratory Acts 1766Parliament pressured to repeal the Stamp Act and were upset that colonists had challenged their authority. stated that Parliament had the power to make laws for the colonies “in all cases whatsoever” worried colonist, argued it stripped away their independence. Townshend Acts 1767another way to tax colonies to get money. Placed duties on glass, lead, paints, paper, and tea. Allowed tax collectors to search for smuggled goods. hated the new laws because they took power away from colonial governments, boycotting British imports, Daughter of Liberty, letters of protest Tea Act1773Parliament repealed Townshend Acts due to the pressure in the colonies which resulted in the Boston Massacre but kept the tax on tea. gave East India Company right to sell tea directly to colonies. colonial merchants feared cheaper tea would put them out of business, Boston Tea Party Intolerable Acts 1774British Prime Minister was furious when he heard about the Boston Tea Party, parliament wanted to punish the colonies closed Boston Harbor, restructures Massachusetts government, restricts town meetings, royal officials accused of crimes sent to England for trial boycott British goods; First Continental Congress Convenes in September 1774.