Road to Revolution 终极版.pptVIP

Time Line by. group 7 Thank you for listening Britain Colonists Contradicton? the Sugar Act the Stamp Act the Townsend Act the Tea Tax. The Taxes on the Colonists The Boston Massacre (March 5,1770) Committees of Correspondence Purpose ? warn neighboring colonies about incidents with Britain ? broaden the resistance movement Tea Act (1773) British East India Company: Monopoly on British tea imports. Many members of Parliament held shares. Permitted the Company to sell tea directly to the American colonies, below the price of the smuggled tea. (cheaper tea!) Boston Tea Party (1773) British response 1) Closed the port of Boston 4)Suspended the civil government and approved a series of laws 2)Forced the persons accused of capital crimes to be sent to England for trail 3)Ordered a large number of new troops to Boston ----The Intolerable Acts The Intolerable Acts (1774) Four Acts of Parliament passed to punish Boston for the destruction of tea. First Continental Congress (1774) 55 delegates from 12 of 13 colonies Agenda ? consider joint action against Britain. enact a response to the Intolerable Acts First Continental Congress (1774) 1. The delegates agreed that the British Parliament had no right to control trade with the American colonies or to make any laws that affected them. Sugar Act Stamp Act Declaratory Act First Continental Congress (1774) 2. Approved Massachusetts Proposal, saying that the people could use weapons to defend their rights. 枪杆子理论？？ First Continental Congress (1774) 3. Organized a Continental Association to 我们现在要抵制 日货。。。。 boycott British goods stop all exports to any British colony or to Britain itself.. The British Are Coming . . . Lexington Concord – April 18,1775 The Shot Heard ’Round the World! Another story started.....