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Unit 2: Road to RevolutionPreview Reading, Ch 4 Sec 1 (p.94-99 only)Name: __________________________Date:__________________Chapter 4, section 1: “The Stirrings of Rebellion” (just pages 94-99) Guided ReadingDirections: As you read about the growing conflict between Great Britain and the American colonies, answer the following questions (start on page 94). Copy the Key Events and their descriptions from 1765 to 1776 from the top (USA) part of the timeline on pages 94-95. Add in the key event from 1763 that we discussed last class. These are some of the events that we will be focusing on in class.1763176517671770177317741776Proclamationof 1763The Stamp ActThe Townshend ActsBoston MassacreBoston Tea PartyIntolerable ActsCommon SenseFirst Continental CongressDeclaration of IndependenceWho was Crispus Attucks and why is he important?Sailor of African American and Native American descent, he was the first to die in the Boston Massacre.What was the Stamp Act and why was it imposed?The Stamp Act taxed paper documents such as wills, licenses, pamphlets, even playing cards and dice.Who was Samuel Adams? What group did he form and why?A Boston lawyer who formed the Sons of Liberty. The led protests over the Stamp Act.How did the colonists respond to the Stamp Act?The began to act as one and made strong collective protests. Merchants in NY, Boston and Philadelphia refused to buy and sell British goods (boycott).What were the Townshend Acts? How did the colonists respond to them?Parliament repealed the Stamp Act and passes the Townshend Acts, a direct tax on specific products. Colonists boycotted and complained of “Taxation without Representation”Summarize what happened at the Boston Massacre in a sentence or two.A colonial mob was angry about taxes harassed British soldiers, shots were fired, and 5 colonists were killedLook at the Skillbuilder box on p. 98. Answer questions 1 and 2 here.The British troops are organized, well-trained, and have guns. The colonists look like unarmed victims. Publishing this drawing would serve to enrage the colonists against the British.What were committees of correspondence? What did they correspond about?Assemblies in Massachusetts and Virginia communicated with each other about threats to American liberties.What was the Boston Tea Party? The Tea Act required colonists to buy tea only from the British East India Company. This cut out colonial merchants. Protests led to the Boston Tea Party were colonists dressed as American Indians dumped 18,000 pounds of British Tea into the harbor.What did the Intolerable Acts do? (look for 3 specific ways they affected Boston)The Acts shut down Boston Harbor after colonists refused to pay for the tea.The Quartering Act required colonists to house British troops in vacant private ernor Gage placed Boston under martial law (rule imposed by military forces).Bonus: What did King George hope to achieve when he disciplined Massachusetts with the Intolerable Acts? How did that work out for him? He wanted to punish the colonies and gain control of Boston. Instead, he angered them even more and caused them to pull together in defiance of Royal authority. ................
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