Colonial Reactions

October 22, 2014 Materials INB Pencil Homework check: How did these events led to independence? P. 7 ToC: Topic Towards Independence p. 1 Vocab p. 2 Vocab p. 3 Vocab p. 4 Great Awakening handout p. 5 Great Awakening HW p. 6 Event & Main Ideas t-chart p. 7 How events led to independence p. 8 British Actions gallery walk p. 9 Colonist reactions sentences p. 10 Loyalist/Patriot sentences p. 11 Loyalist/Patriot Illustrations

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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.8 British ActionsWhat did it do? 1.The Sugar Act 2.The Stamp Act 3.The Quartering Act 4. Repealed Stamp Act 5. Townsend Act 6. British Troops 7. Townshend Duties Repealed 8. Calm Period 9. Tea Act 10. 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1766 Repealed Stamp Act But passed Declaratory Act Declaratory Act: Parliament could make laws binding all colonies “in all cases whatsoever.”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.

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1770 Townsend Duties Repealed (except tea) British merchants suffered a 38% cut in exports because of the colonies boycotting British goods, so the Townsend acts were repealed.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.

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 harbors 2.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 ActionsColonist Reactions 1.The Sugar Act 2.The Stamp Act 3.The Quartering Act 4.Repealed Stamp Act 5.Townsend Act 6.British Troops 7. Townshend Duties Repealed 8. Calm Period 9.Tea Act 10.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.

Homework P. 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.