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Name: FORMTEXT ?????Date: FORMTEXT ?????School: FORMTEXT ?????Facilitator: FORMTEXT ?????3.03 Notes Guide “Tensions Rise”Answer the?3.03 Notes Guide as you engage in the lesson. Tensions Flare in the ColoniesAfter the passage of the Townshend Acts in 1767, the colonists became increasingly upset by British attempts to impose more control over the colonies. Over time, tensions steadily increased.The British saw the taxes they were imposing on the colonies as necessary, whereas the colonies saw them as an unfair burden.The British viewed the tighter regulations and rules as a vital way to maintain order, whereas the colonies saw them as a denial of liberty.? These tensions further escalated in 1770 with a series of events that eventually led the two groups to war.The Boston Massacre-1770British soldiers, commonly called “ FORMTEXT ?????,” were stationed in Boston after colonial protests over the Townshend Acts and became the objects of scorn and attacks by the colonists. Conflict eventually erupted between the colonists and the soldiers on March 5, 1770 in an incident known as the FORMTEXT ?????.British soldiers were taunted by an unruly crowd shouting and throwing snowballs. The soldiers opened fire on the crowd, leaving five colonists dead or dying in the snow. Paul Revere’s famous engraving of the Boston Massacre provoked colonists to rage over British authority. FORMTEXT ?????, a Boston lawyer, cousin of Sam Adams, and future president, defended the nine soldiers (two were found guilty). FORMTEXT ?????, an African American, was one of the first to die in the name of American liberty. Soon after the Boston Massacre, Parliament canceled the Townshend taxes. It kept the tax on tea as a reminder of its authority. The colonies entered a quiet period. It seemed the crisis had mittee of CorrespondenceThough tensions quieted for a while, patriot leaders continued to remind the colonists of British offenses.The FORMTEXT ?????was formed in 1772 by Samuel Adams, FORMTEXT ?????, and other Bostonians to coordinate resistance and increase communication throughout the colonies. The committees took action to organize opposition to the Tea Act in 1773.The Boston Tea PartyIn May 1773, Parliament passed the Tea Act to help the struggling FORMTEXT ?????. The law gave the British company the right to sell its tea in America without paying the normal taxes. The British tea was now even cheaper than the tea the colonists had been smuggling in to avoid taxes.Colonists, especially tea merchants, protested and several colonial ports refused to let the ships carrying the tea dock.On the night of December 16, 1773, a group of colonists dressed as Indians boarded tea ships in Boston.The patriots broke open the crates and threw the tea into the Boston harbor as large crowds watched.This act of defiance by the colonists, known as the FORMTEXT ?????, enraged British officials.Reaction to ActionThe British government was very upset at what they viewed as misbehavior by the colonists at the Boston Tea Party. To punish them for their acts of defiance, Parliament passed a series of laws called they referred to as the FORMTEXT ?????; however, the colonist labeled them the Intolerable Acts. Intolerable Acts (Coercive Acts )Britain responded to the Boston Tea Party by enacting the Coercive Acts or FORMTEXT ?????in 1774 to punish the colonist for their misbehavior. They were a series of acts that:Closed FORMTEXT ?????until the colonists paid for the teaLimited the power of town meetings and restricted them to once a yearExtended the FORMTEXT ?????Allowed British officers arrested to be put on trial in EnglandAnother “intolerable” new law:Extended Canada’s boundary and stripped claims to western lands from several coloniesNamed General FORMTEXT ?????, the commander of British forces in America, as the new governor of Massachusetts and expanded his control over the courts.The First Continental CongressAlthough the Acts only directly affected the people of Massachusetts, the people in other colonies became concerned that the same punishment could soon be inflicted upon them. After communicating through the Committees of Correspondence, the colonies decided to hold a meeting to discuss how to react to the Intolerable Acts. Colonists from 12 out of the 13 colonies convened in 1774, in FORMTEXT ?????, at a meeting known as the 1st Continental Congress. Although the colonies were not declaring independence at this meeting, the decisions made there ultimately forced the colonies in that direction.The FORMTEXT ?????, was a gathering of 56 delegates from every colony except Georgia at Carpenter’s Hall in Philadelphia. They began meeting on September 5, 1774 to plan a united response to the actions of King George III and Parliament.The Congress adopted several measures including:Renewed boycott and call to the people of all English colonies to arm themselves and form FORMTEXT ?????Wrote a direct letter to FORMTEXT ?????appealing for protection and a peaceful solution as British citizensAgreed to meet again in the Spring 1775 if no resolution In response, King George III wrote on November 18, “The New England colonies are in a state of rebellion, blows must decide.”Famous Faces at the First Continental CongressVirginia lawmaker and leading figure at the 1st Continental Congress who spoke the famous words, "I know not what course others may take; but as for me, give me liberty or give me death!" FORMTEXT ?????Delegate from Virginia and a leading figure at the 1st Continental Congress. He would eventually be appointed "Commander in Chief" of the Continental Army and first president of the United States. FORMTEXT ?????Patriot leader that encourage resistance activities; leader of Boston Sons of Liberty; helped form the Committees of Correspondence; FORMTEXT ????? ................
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