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The American Nation
Chapter 5 – Section 3
From Protest to Revolution
Crisis in the Colonies, 1745–
1775
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From Protest to Revolution
Chapter 5, Section 3
Objectives to learn:
• How did a dispute over tea lead to tension
between the colonists and the British
government?
• How did Parliament strike back at the
people of Boston?
• Why did fighting break out at Lexington
and Concord?
How did a dispute over tea lead to tension between the
Colonists and the British government?
Chapter 5, Section 3
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Who was involved?
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The British East India Company sold tea to colonial tea merchants.
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The colonial tea merchants sold the tea to the colonists for a higher
price.
What happened?
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When the British East India Company had money troubles, Parliament
passed the Tea Act of 1773. The act said British East India Company
could sell directly to colonists.
Why it was a problem?
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American merchants protested being cut out of the tea trade.
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Other colonists said it was a trick to force colonists to pay the tax on
tea.
How did the colonists react to the tea tax?
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Colonists boycotted tea.
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The Boston Sons of Liberty showed their displeasure by staging the
Boston Tea Party in November 1773. Disguised as Indians, they raided
3 ships and dumped their cargo of tea into Boston harbor.
Onlevel: Sam Adams’ Tea Party
• Read “Sam Adams’ Tea Party”
• Summarize how the Boston Tea Party
occurred
Honors: The Boston Tea Party
• Read “Sam Adams’ Tea Party
• Summarize “Sam Adams’ Tea Party”
and explain how the Boston Tea Party
occurred
• Read “The Boston Tea Party”
• Answers questions #1-4.
The Boston Tea Party
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The Boston Tea Party
The Boston Tea Party
How did Parliament strike back at the people of Boston
for the Boston Tea Party?
Chapter 5, Section 3
Intolerable Acts of 1774—passed to punish Massachusetts
1. The port of Boston was closed.
2. Massachusetts colonists could not hold town meetings more
than once a year without the governor’s permission.
3. Customs officers and other officials could be tried in Britain
or Canada instead of in Massachusetts.
4. A new Quartering Act said colonists must house British
soldiers in their homes.
The Intolerable Acts
Steps to Lexington and Concord After the Intolerable Acts
Chapter 5, Section 3
Who or What
What Happened
Results
Quebec Act
(5th Intolerable Act)
Parliament set up a government
for Canada.
Angered colonists because it included the land between the Ohio
and Missouri rivers as part of Canada, which the English
colonists claimed.
First Continental
Congress
Delegates from 12 colonies
gathered in Philadelphia.
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Agreed to boycott all British goods and to stop exporting
goods to Britain.
Urged each colony to set up a militia, which is an army of
citizens who serve as soldiers in an emergency.
Agreed to meet again the next year in May 1775
Minuteman
A volunteer prepared to resist
the British in “a minute’s notice.”
British heard that the minutemen had arms stored near Boston.
Lexington (April 18,
1775)
Village near Boston. Minutemen
met British soldiers under
General Thomas Gates on the
village green.
Shots rang out. 8 colonists were killed.
(Commander of colonists was Captain John Parker)
(Paul Revere carried the message that the “redcoats were
coming!”
Concord
Town near Boston. Minutemen
met British soldiers on Concord
bridge.
Colonists forced the British to retreat to Boston where they faced
fire from the woods and fields along the way. With the battles at
Lexington and Concord, war had begun.
Onlevel: The Shots Heard Round the World
• Read “The Shots Heard Round the World”
• Answer:
• What happened?
• Why are the Battles of Lexington and
Concord known as the “shots heard
round the world”?
Honors: “The British Are Coming”
• Read “Paul Revere, the Patriot”
• Answer questions #1-3
• Read “The Battle of Lexington”
• Answer questions #1-4
The First Continental Congress
The First Continental Congress
Paul Revere’s Ride and the Battle of Lexington
and Concord
Paul
Revere’s
House in
Boston
Battle of Lexington and Concord
Onlevel/Honors: Causes of the American
Revolution
• Read “Causes of the American
Revolution”
• Answer:
• Comprehension Question at the end of
the reading
• What were the causes of the American
Revolution?
Exit Ticket
Crises like the Boston Massacre, Boston
Tea Party, and Intolerable Acts ultimately
led to the outbreak of fighting at:
A. Saratoga
B. Lexington and Concord
C. Yorktown
D. Bunker and Breed’s Hill
Section 3 Assessment
Chapter 5, Section 3
Parliament passed the Intolerable Acts to
a) collect taxes on tea.
b) punish Massachusetts for the Boston Tea Party.
c) separate French Canadians from English colonists.
d) protest against unfair laws.
When British troops marched on Lexington and Concord, they
a) found a store of weapons and gunpowder.
b) shouted “The redcoats are coming!”
c) surprised the colonists.
d) clashed with armed minutemen.
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Section 3 Assessment
Chapter 5, Section 3
Parliament passed the Intolerable Acts to
a) collect taxes on tea.
b) punish Massachusetts for the Boston Tea Party.
c) separate French Canadians from English colonists.
d) protest against unfair laws.
When British troops marched on Lexington and Concord, they
a) found a store of weapons and gunpowder.
b) shouted “The redcoats are coming!”
c) surprised the colonists.
d) clashed with armed minutemen.
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History Channel – The American Revolution
Conflict Ignites – DVD 1 – Episode 1
• 1st 24 Hours (10:18)
• Paul Revere’s Ride
• Battle of Lexington and Concord
• Boston: Seeds of Revolt (9:50)
• No Taxation without Representation
• Boston Tea Party
• Intolerable Acts
• The Oldest Revolutionary (14:47)
• Patrick Henry
• American Revolution was a Civil War
• Ben Franklin
• British occupation of Boston
• Battle of Bunker Hill