Chapter 2 Section 1 Over Taxes I

Chapter 2, Section 1 Over Taxes

I. Why tax the colonists? n Britain’s huge war debt. - spent tons of money fighting the _______ and ____ War - they felt colonists should pay because of whom the war benefited. n Standing army in colonies. - to protect colonists against _______.

II. What is being taxed? n Sugar Act - 1764 - _____ and ____ cost more now. (first law to raise money in the colonies) n Stamp Act - 1765 - If you want paper, _____, pamphlets, ____, or even playing cards. Now you’ll have to pay extra! n Townshend Acts - 1767 - glass, lead, paper, paints, and tea

III. So what can we do about it? n Let’s talk! - Committees of _______ *increased communication between colonists about how to resist the Brits. n Boycott, Boycott! - The refusal to ______!

IV. Boston Massacre - 1770 n _____ civilians killed; _______’s engraving and pamphlet gains support for Patriot cause. (Many Loyalists become Patriots after this. ) Boston Tea Party - 1773 n Why’d they dump all that tea? 49) (Pg.

The Intolerable Acts - 1774 n Boston is under “house arrest” or martial law. n. Closed the harbor n. Quartered troops in houses n. Military in charge of government Label Boston on your maps!

Violence Erupts – 1775 n Lexington – n Concord – n Bunker Hill – (Use pg. 50 to briefly explain what happened at each location. – 2 to 3 sentences each)

Ideals behind the Rev. n According to John Locke there are three natural rights: n Life: everyone is entitled to live once they are created. n Liberty: everyone is entitled to do anything they want to so long as it doesn't conflict with the first right. n Estate: (Jefferson interpreted this to mean “Pursuit of happiness”) everyone is entitled to own all they create or gain through gift or trade so long as it doesn't conflict with the first two rights. n Locke – Government has a _____ _ _______ with its people. If the gov. denies the people their rights, the masses have the right to resist or overthrow their leaders. (“…that whenever any form of government becomes destructive of these ends, it is the right of the people to alter or to abolish it…”)

Duh, it’s Common Sense n Thomas Paine’s pamphlet argued that American Independence was part of the natural order of things. Also told of the benefits of being a sovereign nation. n Equal opportunity for all, n No trade restrictions, n Representation in gov.

Discussion Questions n Why did Parliament need to tax the colonists? n What event turned many colonists from Loyalists to Patriots? n What strategies (forms of resistance) used by the “Sons of Liberty”? n What could the Brits. have done differently?

Memorize the passage in the Declaration of Independence from “We hold… to …abolish it” n By Friday (part of Friday’s quiz) n +15 Extra Credit to say out loud in front of the class before Friday