The Stirrings of Rebellion

Chapter 4 Section 1

I the Colonies Organize to ResistA. the Stamp Act

• Parliament passes Stamp Act– 1s act that taxed goods and services

not only imports• Required colonists to purchase

special stamped paper for any legal contract– Violaters tried in vice-admiralty cts.

w/o juries• Stamp Act enrest, loss of respect

for British officials• Tensions explode into action

B. Stamp Act Congress• Bostonians organize into a group called the

Sons of Liberty to protest Stamp Act– Sam Adams=leader

• Conduct demonstrations against Stamp Act• VA passes sets of resolutions against the act– States the virginians can only be taxed by VA

assembly• Reps from 9 colonies meet in NYCStamp Act

Congress

• SAC issues Declaration of Right and Grievances– States that Parliament lacks power

to tax colonies because they were not rep. in Parliament

• SAC & Dec. of Rights & Grievances 1st time colonies act as one

• NYS agree to nonimportation policy to boycott British goodsrepeal of Stamp Act but passing of Declaratory Act– Declaratory Act= Parliament has

power to make laws that govern colonies

C. Townshend Acts• Townshend acts= taxes on

imported goods from GB including the most pop drink in the colonies: TEA

• Protested w/ “Taxation w/o representation”– Boycotted British goods

• British officials seize Hancock's ship & accuse of smuggling– Riots ensue British officials

stationed in Boston

II Tension Mounts in MassachusettsA. The Boston Massacre

• Mob of colonial protesters taunt British officials

• British fire into crowd killing 4• Incident known as Boston

Massacre• The massacre and the

propaganda enraged colonists• Parliament repeal Townshend

Acts except tax on tea

• Committees of Correspondence set up to communicate with other colonies about threats to Amer. liberties– Linked the colonies and ppl

B. The Boston Tea Party

• British East India co. hurt by boycotts so theyre allowed to sell tea w/o tax– This hurt colonial tea merchants so they protest

violently• Boston Tea party= colonists dressed up as

indians dumped British tea off ships into Boston Harbor

C. Intolerable Acts• Kind George infuriated by Boston Tea

PartyIntolorable Acts:– Shuts down Boston Harbor– Quartering Act= mandated colonists to house

soldiers– Martial Law= rule imposed by British military

• Committees of Correspondence assemble the 1st Continental Congress– Wrote declaration or colonial rights– If Britain uses force the colonies would use force to

fight back

III Fighting Erupts at Lexington and Concord

• New England minutemen stockpile firearms @ Concord to prepare for fight– Minutemen=civilian militia

• British gen. sends troops to seize weapons– Paul Revere “the British are coming”

• British & minutemen clash at Lexington on their way to Concord= British victory

• Continued to Concord but found no weapons• Minutemen attack british w/ guerilla warfare

on their march back = AMERICAN victory• Colonists & British now enemies