The Stirrings of Rebellion CHAPTER 4 SECTION 1

 Conflict between Great Britain and American colonies grew over issues of taxation, representation, and liberty.  The events that shaped the American Revolution are a turing point in humanity's flight for freedom. MAIN IDEA AND WHY DOES IT MATTER?

Colonists have to purchase stamped paper for every legal document, license, newspaper, pamphlet, and almanac. Special "stamp duties" on playing cards and dice. THE STAMP ACT

become effective November 1, 1765 Shopkeepers, artisans, and laborers created Sons of Liberty Founder - Samuel Adams harassed customs workers, stamp agents, and royal governors STAMP ACT PROTESTS

Patrick Henry creates resolutions that say Virginians could only be taxed by their representatives Oct Stamp Act Congress Declaration of Rights and Grievances - Parliament could not tax colonists because they were not represented in Parliament Boycotted British goods, Parliament repeals Stamp Act Britain passed: Declaratory Act asserting Parliament’s right to create/impose laws on colonies

Charles Townshend indirect tax levied on imports - glass, lead, paint, paper, and tea colonists enraged - "no taxation without representation!" Sons of Liberty tell colonists to boycott all British goods Britain stations 2,000 redcoats in the colonies THE TOWNSHEND ACTS

Boston Massacre heckled British soldier and threw snowballs Angry laborers arrived Crispus Attucks British Soldiers start shooting, killing five people and wounding several others Committees of correspondence were set up for communication among colonies MARCH 5, 1770

British East India Company monopoly on tea imports, had 17 million lbs of tea and was near bankruptcy Lord Frederick North created "Tea Act" gave BEIC right to sell tea to the colonies without taxes local tea sellers had to pay hoped colonists would buy the cheaper tea, but they violently protested December 18, 1773 Boston rebels dressed as Native Americans and dumped 18,000 pouds of BEIC tea into the Boston Harbor THE BOSTON TEA PARTY

King George III passed Intolerable Acts  1. Shut down Boston Harbor  2. Quartering Act- allowed to house British soldiers in vacant homes and buildings  3. Boston under "Martial Law"  rule imposed by military forces INTOLERABLE ACTS

‘Intolerable Acts’ unified the colonies Committee of Correspondence acted and helped establish the First Continental Congress in Sept delegates met in Philadelphia & created the declaration of colonial rights Would reconvene in May 1775

Minuteman/colonists stockpiled weapons, powder, ammo. - Spring 1775: General Gage ordered troops to march to Concord to seize all weapons. -Paul Revere and others rode through Massachusetts warning that the British were coming FIGHTING ERUPTS AT LEXINGTON AND CONCORD

British reach Lexington and met 70 minutemen. A shot was fired and both sides began to shoot. Within 15 minutes 8 minutemen killed/9 injured British reach Concord but arsenal was empty. British troops lined up and marched back to Boston. As they marched 3-4,000 minutemen assembled & surrounded the British