Chapter 5 section 3 from Protest to Rebellion



Chapter 5 section 3 from Protest to Rebellion

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Our Terms are:

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Class notes:

1. How did British tax policies move the colonists closer to rebellion? (slide 3)

Widespread protests over the __________________

and other taxes had taken Britain by surprise.

But even as British leaders repealed some taxes, _____

___________________, further angering the colonists.

2. During the early 1770s, the protests against the British had quieted down. The most unpopular taxes had been _______________________________. (slide 4)

In ______, however, Parliament passed a new tea law, and protests began again.

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3. [pic] (slide 5)

4. The ____________reduced the price of tea. (slide 6)

But it gave the East India Company, an important British company, a _____________________ over the tea trade.

The colonists thought they should be able to buy tea from whomever they wanted. Plus, they were angry that they ________________________________________.

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5. To protest, the _____________________tried to stop tea from being unloaded in colonial ports. (slide 7 )

When officials ordered a shipment to be unloaded in ________________, the protestors took action.

Dressed as ___________________, they dumped the tea into the harbor.

6. British leaders were outraged by the actions of these protestors during what became knows as the

. (slide 8 )

They passed a series of laws designed to punish the colonists of ______________________________

______________________________.

The new laws were so harsh that colonists called them the ____________________________.

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8. Americans in all the colonies responded to the ___________________________by sending food and other supplies to the people of Boston. (slide 10)

Meanwhile, ________________________called a meeting to discuss what further actions to take.

The _______________________________, was held in Philadelphia in September and October 1774.

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10. The British responded to the colonists’ demands with force. (slide 12)

On April 19, 1775, about 700 British troops marched toward _____________, where they believed _______________ were storing arms.

Patriots lit a signal in a church steeple, then ___________________and ________________rode through the night to warn the minutemen

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12. [pic] (slide 14 )

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Tea Act

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