Do Now 102519 What is a revolution Intolerable

Do Now: 10/25/19 • What is a revolution?

Intolerable Acts • Unified colonies as they realized punishment could happen to anyone. • Food & supplies smuggled into MA from all over America.

Response to the Intolerable Acts • These were by far the harshest of the acts passed. • Those living in Boston and Massachusetts would lose money from the Boston Port Act. • Almost all business stopped and food became hard to come by and expensive. • The colonists throughout the 13 colonies were furious and called for a convention.

No Taxation without Representation • A popular saying at this time period was –“No taxation without representation!” because they were being taxed but had no vote. –Colonists had no say in how the colonies were being governed.

First Continental Congress • First Continental Congress meets in 1774 in Philadelphia where delegates from all the colonies except Georgia discuss actions against Britain. • They agreed to ban all trade with Britain until the Intolerable Acts were repealed. • They also asked each colony to start gathering and training troops. 9/18/2021 6

Lexington and Concord (April 19, 1775) • Organization of militia (Minutemen) compels Governor Gage to send 700 British soldiers to arrest rebel leaders and confiscate arms • William Dawes and Paul Revere, “The British are coming!” • 8 Minutemen die and 1 Redcoat wounded at Lexington • “Shot heard ‘round the world” at Concord

Second Continental Congress • Battles of Breed’s Hill and Bunker Hill (June 1775) – British victory costing 1, 154 of 2, 200 – Americans lost 311 • Olive Branch Petition (July 1775) – Directly sent to George III • American Continental Army and Washington • George III pronounced colonies in open rebellion – Prohibitory Act: blockade of American ports; declaration of war

Declaration of Independence • Applies laws of Nature. • People’s right to revolution: – “self-evident” – “all men are created equal” – Endowed…with certain unalienable rights…life, liberty, pursuit of happiness” • List of grievances against the British Empire, specifically toward George III.