Road to Revolution Tea Act Boston Tea Party

Road to Revolution Tea Act, Boston Tea Party, Intolerable Acts and First Continental Congress

Trouble in Boston • Ship, Liberty, seized in 1768 for having DID YOU KNOW: The British used “writs of assistance” to search and illegal goods seize any home or ship that was – Owned by John Hancock suspected of having illegal (untaxed) items. • Violence in Boston in protest to the taxes & to the seizure of ships – British troops occupy city in response • Sons of Liberty – Sometimes used intimidation and physical violence to achieve their goals

Tea Act (1773) • Tea Act (1773) – New act, lowered price of tea but required colonists to buy it from the East India Company • Boston Tea Party – December 16 th – at night, patriots dressed as Native Americans boarded the ships & threw 90, 000 lbs. of tea overboard

Great Britain’s Response. Coercive Acts (Intolerable Acts) • Quartering Act (1765) – Colonies must supply and house British troops • Boston Port Bill (1774) – Closes Boston Harbor until tea is paid for • Administration of Justice Act (1774) – British officials charged of a crime could relocate trial • Massachusetts Government Act (1774) – Massachusetts charter is revoked • Quebec Act (1774) – Canada given more territory, taken away from VA, CT & MA

Committees of Correspondence • Formed to allow the colonies to communicate with each other • Spread revolutionary actions – Often quicker than other methods of communication – Writings would be read aloud or published in other colonies

Uniting of the Colonies • Common Sense • Patrick Henry’s Speech to the Virginia delegates in written by Thomas Richmond, VA Paine became a st Continental Congress met in • 1 movement for Philadelphia in response to the independence. Coercive/Intolerable Acts • Published Common – Boycott British goods Sense, a pamphlet, in – Delegates decided to raise colonial militia 1776 – Send aid to Boston • Sold more than 150, 000 copies – 75 x more than average successful paper

Homework: Create a timeline or a thinking map on the events leading up to/causes of the American Revolution • Note: At a minimum, these must be covered. • Proclamation of 1763 • American Nationalism • Sugar Act • Stamp Act • Son/Daughters of Liberty • Non-Importation Agreement • Declaratory Act • Townsend Acts • Boston Massacre • Tea Acts • Committees of Correspondence • Boston Tea Party • Intolerable Acts • Lexington and Concord