Review of Lesson 5.2 Fact-Finder Uniting the Colonists Review of Lesson 5.2 Fact-Finder

Do Now Take out your vocabulary sheets and Lesson 5.2 Questions

Rebellion Open defiance of authority

Propaganda Ideas or information intentionally spread to harm or help a cause

Committee of Correspondence Organization that spread political ideas and information through the colonies

Class Activity Describe anything you have learned while completing the Lesson 5.2 Fact-Finder.

Question 1 When the colonists were on the brink of rebellion, what did Parliament do?

Answer When the colonies were on the brink of rebellion, Parliament sent troops to Boston.

British Redcoats

Question 2 Name 3 reasons the British troops acted rudely.

Answer Some troops stole from local shops and got into fights with colonists. Also, in their off-hours, the soldiers competed for jobs that Bostonians wanted.

Question 3 How many colonists died during the Boston Massacre?

Answer 5 colonists were killed during the Boston Massacre.

Question 4 Who was the first colonist killed by the British?

Answer The first colonist killed by the British was Crispus Attucks.

Question 5 How did Samuel Adams use the killings as propaganda? # Drama Queen!!!

Answer Samuel Adams put up posters that described the Boston Massacre as a slaughter of innocent Americans by bloodthirsty redcoats.

Question 6 How did Paul Revere use the killings as propaganda?

Answer Paul Revere made an engraving that showed a British officer giving the order to open fire on an orderly crowd.

Paul Revere Engraving

Question 7 What happened to the Townshend Acts after the Boston Massacre?

Answer Troubled by the growing opposition in the colonies, Parliament repealed all the Townshend Acts taxes on British imported goods, except for the one on tea.

Question 8 Name 2 things Committees of Correspondence did.

Answer a. The group circulated calls for action against Britain. b. They also brought together protestors opposed to British measures.

Committees of Correspondence

Critical Thinking How did the Boston Massacre affect British policies and relations between both sides?

Question 9 Which company was vital to the British economy?

Answer The British East India Company was vital to the British economy.

Question 10 Name 2 things the Tea Act did.

Crisis in Boston a. The Tea Act gave the East India Company nearly total control of the market for tea in the colonies.   b. The Tea Act also removed some – but not all – of the taxes on tea, making it less expensive for colonists.

Crisis in Boston Colonists still remained angry, as they did not want to pay any tax, and did not want to be told what tea they could buy. A new boycott was also set up.

A Tea Party Despite warnings of trouble, the East India Company continued shipping tea to the colonies. Colonists in New York and Philadelphia  forced the tea ships to turn back. In 1773, three ships loaded with tea arrived in Boston Harbor. The royal governor ordered that they be unloaded. The Boston Sons of Liberty acted swiftly. At midnight on December 16, colonists dressed as Native Americans boarded the ships and threw 342 chests of tea overboard.

Activity Open to page 118 of your textbook. 1. What is being shown in this painting? 2. How can you tell who the ships belong to? 3. What is in the foreground of this painting? 4. What does that tell you about the artists possible point of view?

The Boston Tea Party

The Boston Tea Party

Question 12 Even though many people celebrated the bold act, why did no one speak out against British rule?

Answer No one spoke out against British rule because most colonists still saw themselves as loyal British citizens.

Question 13 Name 3 things the Coercive Acts did.

Answer 1. Forced the colonies to let British soldiers live among the colonists.

Answer 2. Banned town meetings in Massachusetts.

Answer 3. Closed Boston Harbor until the colonists paid for the ruined tea.

The Intolerable Acts This stopped most shipments of food and other supplies to the colony.

The Intolerable Acts We will help you Massachusetts! Parliament was trying to cut Massachusetts off from the other colonies, but other colonies sent food and clothing to support Boston. We will help you Massachusetts!

Question 14 Explain the Quebec Act.

Answer This law created a government for Canada and extended its territory south all the way to the Ohio River. This action ignored the colonies’ claims to that region.

Question 15 What was the nickname given to the Coercive Acts?

Answer The Coersive Acts were called the Intolerable Acts. Intolerable means painful and unbearable.

Wrap Up Question 1 What was the Boston Massacre? How did this increase tensions between the British and the colonists?

Wrap Up Question 2 What was the Tea Act? Why did colonists not like this act?

Wrap Up Question 3 What was the Boston Tea Party? How did Britain react?

Wrap Up Question 4 Describe the Intolerable Acts. What did the British do to the colonists? Why was this done?

Wrap Up Question 5 Which event contributed more to the Revolutionary War – the Boston Massacre or the Boston Tea Party. Explain your response