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“I offer nothing more than simple facts,
plain arguments and common sense.”
-- Thomas Paine “Common Sense”
“The harder the conflict, the more glorious
the triumph.”
-- Thomas Paine
“The Crisis” Slide2
Nearpod
Question
If you were a colonist at this point, would you be a Patriot or a Loyalist?Slide3
King George III sent more British troops to the 13 colonies to monitor the colonists’ protests.Slide4
Boston Massacre
March 5, 1770Slide5
Nearpod
Question
What is a massacre?Slide6
Five colonists in Boston were shot and killed after taunting British soldiers. Slide7
Paul Revere, a silversmith at that time, was outraged. He had an idea!
He wanted everyone to know how ruthless the British Soldiers really were that day in Boston.Slide8
Paul Revere’s Idea - Propaganda
Revere created an engraving that depicted the massacre.
The engraving was duplicated and reprinted in newspapers the colonies.
This illustration was used to highlight British tyranny and stir up anti-British sentiments.Slide9
Nearpod
Question
What do you think Revere’s engraving looked like? Draw it.Slide10
This made many Colonists very angry!!!!
Video: Boston Massacre
(History.comSlide11
Two of the 9 British soldiers were found guilty of manslaughter.
As a punishment, they were branded with the letter “M.”
(Pretend that’s an “M” on his hand)
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As a result of the Boston Massacre and increased tension, King
George III
pulled British troops out of Boston and back to Britain.Slide13
The Tea Act (1773)
In an effort to help the British East India Company, Britain allowed the East India Company to ship their tea directly to the colonies rather than first going to Britain.
This lowered the price of the East India Tea and created a monopoly on selling British tea in the colonies.
This hurt colonial merchants who were selling Dutch tea that had been smuggled into the colonies to aid in the boycott of British tea.
Although the price of tea was lower, colonists were angry that they were being forced to buy British tea and pay the required tax.Slide14
Boston Tea Party
Dec. 16, 1773Slide15
Several colonists disguised themselves as Native Americans.
The colonists boarded a ship full of British tea and dumped the chests into the Boston Harbor.Slide16
The 342 boxes of tea would equal close to a $1 million of today’s money.Slide17
Nearpod
Question
Draw a picture of the Boston Tea Party. Slide18
As a result of the Boston Tea Party, Britain became angrier, and decided to try and end the colonists’ uprising.Slide19
In 1774, Parliament passed a series of laws to punish the Massachusetts colony and to serve as a warning to the other colonies. These laws were called the
Intolerable Acts.Slide20
To punish the colonists, Britain:
1. Closed the Port of Boston until the colonists paid for all the tea
they destroyed.
INTOLERABLE ACTSSlide21
To punish the colonists, Britain:
2. Colonists in Massachusetts couldn’t hold town meetings without approval from the governor.
INTOLERABLE ACTSSlide22
To punish the colonists, Britain:
3. Reinstated the Quartering Act-
Forcing colonists
to house
British troops.
INTOLERABLE ACTSSlide23
To punish the colonists, Britain:
4. Made a law that British soldiers accused of crimes in
the colonies would only stand trial
in Britain.
INTOLERABLE ACTSSlide24
Patriot leaders asked colonies to send delegates to Philadelphia for a meeting of the First Continental
Congress in September , 1774.Slide25
The colonists had to be sure to keep the meeting and its location secret.Slide26
Nearpod
Question
Why would the colonists want to keep this meeting secret?
The 56 delegates were committing treason and they didn’t want to be caught
The 56 delegates were actually Loyalist spies and they didn’t want to be caught
The 56 delegates were enjoying their secret “man cave” and they didn’t want their wives to find out. Slide27
56 delegates from all colonies, except Georgia (Georgia was the newest colony and still relied heavily on Britain), met in Pennsylvania to discuss the problems with England and to try and become united.Slide28
During the meeting, Patrick Henry stood up and said,
“I no longer consider myself a Virginian, I now consider myself an American.”
What did he mean by this?Slide29
The First Continental Congress:
1) Voted to ban all trade
with Britain until the Intolerable Acts were repealed.
NO TRADESlide30
The First Continental Congress:
2) Sent a list of grievances (complaints) to King George III.Slide31
The First Continental Congress:
3) They gave him a deadline to fix the problems! They agreed to meet again one year later if things with Britain didn’t improve.Slide32
The First Continental Congress:
4) Asked each colony to assemble and train volunteer soldiers (militia) for potential battle with Britain.Slide33
Let’s Recap!
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