1. “ Crisis in the Colonies” Chapter 5.3 “ From Protest to Revolution”

2. Most tea was brought to the colonies by the British East India Tea Company. The tea was harvested in southern Asia Shipped to the colonies Sold to tea merchants for a profit Then sold to the public, for a profit

3. Parliament had kept the tax on tea as a symbol of its right to tax the colonies. TAX!!!

4. As a result colonists boycotted British tea 15 million pounds sat unsold in British warehouses BOYCOTT!!!

5. The Tea Act helped the British East India Company’s finances by allowing it to bypass tea merchants and sell directly to the colonists. British tea therefore cost less. Parliament hoped colonists would buy more tea

6. The colonists protested against the Tea Act because it cut them out of the tea trade. Colonists believed this was a violation of their right to conduct free enterprise. They thought of it as a trick by Parliament to control the colonies.

7. The colonists boycotted the tea and began to brew coffee and drink “liberty tea”. Tensions increased as cargoes sat in harbors.

8. Sons of Liberty demand removal of ships from Boston Harbor Governor Hutchinson rejects the demand “ This meeting can do nothing further to save the country! Boston harbor, a teapot tonight!

9. The Boston Tea Party was the famous protest against British rule by the Sons of Liberty. On December 16, 1773 they disguised themselves as Mohawk Indians and dumped 342 chests of tea off the British ship Dartmouth , into Boston Harbor.

11. The Intolerable Acts included 4 laws: 1) Parliament shut down the port of Boston. 2) Forbade town meetings in Massachusetts more than once a year without permission. 3) Allowed British officials accused of serious crimes to be tried in Britain. 4) Forced colonists to house British troops. 10

12. The Quebec Act set up a government for Canada and gave complete religious freedom to French Catholics; it also designated land between the Ohio and Missouri Rivers as a part of Canada. 11

16. A Militia is an army of citizens who serve as volunteer soldiers in an emergency. Minutemen and colonial militia are examples. 15

17. The minutemen were militia volunteers in Massachusetts who were trained to be ready to fight at a moment’s notice. 16