From Protest to Revolution

1
From Protest to Revolution

• Chapter 5.3

2
Overview

• Explain how a dispute over tea led to tensions
  between colonist and Britain.
• Describe how Parliament struck back at Boston.
• Identify the reasons fighting broke out at
  Lexington and Concord.

3
Dispute over Tea

• British East India Company brought tea from
  southern Asia to Colonies, sold it to tea
  merchants to make profit.
• Colonist refuse to buy tea.
• East India Company losing money, Tea Act passed
  to bypass tea merchants. Tea would be cheaper
  because of no merchant profit, tax would help
  EIC.
• Angered colonists against tax, merchants and even
  tea drinkers.

4
Boycott

• Tea Drinkers started to drink coffee.
• Drank Liberty Tea made from Raspberry Leaves.
• Sons of Liberty refused to allow British East
  India Company from unloading cargo of tea at
  ports.

5
Boston Tea Party

• November 1773, Sons of Liberty and Sam Adams,
  sent a message demanding ships leave Boston.
• Royal Governor rejected offer
• A group disguised as Native Americans board ship
  and dump tea in Boston harbor.

6
Parliament Strikes Back

• Punish Massachusetts by issuing the Intolerable
  Acts.
• Intolerable Acts
• Shut down Boston Harbor
• Forbade town meetings, only 1 per year
• Custom officers/officer could be tried in Canada
  or Britain
• Quartering Act Live in Boston houses

7
Quebec Act

• Set up government in Canada
• Extended border freedom to French Catholics
• Extended into Ohio and Missouri Rivers boundaries
• Angered colonists who claimed these lands

8
First Continental Congress

• 12 colony delegates meet
• Georgia did not send
• Back Massachusetts struggle
• Boycott all goods and stop exports to Britain
  until Intolerable Acts repealed
• Creation of a militia authorized

9
Lexington and Concord

• Minutemen volunteers who trained to respond in
  a minutes notice
• Thomas Gage, British Commander ordered a surprise
  march to Concord to capture powder and arms
• Colonist were alarmed by Paul Revere midnight
  rider

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Lexington and Concord

• At Lexington, 70 militia met the Redcoats.
• Eight colonist were killed.
• British pushed on Concord, found no arms.
• Met by 300 militia, British retreat, losing 70
  killed from sharpshooters.
• No peaceful solutionmeaning war!