Revolutionary War

Revolutionary War268 -291

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Lesson One 270 - 271

Beginnings of the revolution

England wanted to tax the colonists after the French and Indian War because they were in debt.

Who thought of the idea to do this?

The Stamp Act

This was the first tax that Parliament placed on colonists. How would you feel if you were taxed on these items? Why?

What did the stamp act do?-This placed a tax on printed

materials including:- Newspapers- playing cards

- legal documents

SPeaking OUt!

Patrick Henry was the first to speak out about the stamp tax.

The Stamp Act Congress met to repeal the Stamp Act.

SPeaking OUt!

The Sons of Liberty led protests. They even stamp agents would attack stamp agents and burn houses.

Samuel Adams Started the Sons of Liberty.

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Lesson One 272 - 275

Great Britain Fights Back• - Parliament decided

to repeal the Stamp Act in 1766.

• -Charles Townshend and the King still believed they should be allowed to tax the colonists, so they passed the Townshend Acts.

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The Townshend acts

This placed a tariff on imported goods.

This included: paper, wool, tea, and other goods.

What is a tariff?

What do you think this could lead to???

The Colonists ... Back Again

The colonists decide to boycott goods.

A special group of women formed the Daughters of Liberty that helped boycott these goods.

What does boycott mean?

Warnings....

- Great Britain decided to place warships in Boston, and Benjamin Franklin warned this would not be a good decision.

Lesson Two 276 -279

The Boston Massacre- Hugh White was bombarded by colonists.- This caused a riot that continued on and developed into the Boston Massacre.- What is considered a massacre?

* How would you feel if you were Hugh White????* On the same day parliament repealed the Townshend Acts.

Defending the Soldiers

- The soldiers went to trial for murder and John Adams defended them. - Why would he defend them?- Would you have done the same?

The only Tax that Remains...

Committee of Correspondence

This was created to deliver messages quickly.

Express Riders would deliver messages... who is a famous Express Rider?

The Tea ACt

Colonists could only buy tea from the East India Company.

This helped to pay back taxes to Britain and help the East Indian Company.

Sons of Liberty Strike Back

The Sons of Liberty dressed up like Mohawks...

What did they do?

Why would they need to dress up?

Lesson Two 280- 282

Intolerable Acts

Port of Boston was closed.

British soldiers were sent back and colonists had to house and feed them.

Massachusetts was placed under the control of Thomas Gage.

Britain was not happy with what the colonists did...

Continental Congress* There were 12 leaders from different colonies that meet to discuss the Intolerable Acts.

* Georgia was the only colony to not send a representative.

The Continental Congress Decided to:

Stop all trade with Britain until Intolerable Acts were repealed.

Each colony should have a militia

They would meet again in a year if the situation did not improve

Minute Men

Some militia named themselves minute men because they could be ready in a minutes time to fight for their freedom.

Lesson Three: 286 - 291

Concord Bound

The British soldiers traveled to Concord because they knew militia were storing weapons there.

They also wanted to arrest Samuel Adams and John Hancock.

The Famous Ride

Paul Revere and William Dawes warned colonists that the British were coming

The Minute Men Assemble

At this point the minute men did assemble quickly. They were any age from teenagers to the elderly.

No one knows who actually made the “shot heard round the world”.

Battle of LExington and Concord

In Lexington: 1 British and 8 colonists were killed.

The women of Concord helped hide the weapons in Concord.

250 British were killed by the end of the day

The Battle of Bunker Hill

- William Prescott worked over night to create a fort out of earth and logs. - Prescott ordered his men “Don’t fire until you see the whites of their eyes”- This battle was named after a nearby hill, but actually occurred on Breed’s Hill

Who won Bunker Hill

The British won the Battle of Bunker Hill.

more than 1,000 British were killed.

400 colonists were killed.