Social Studies Notes for the 1/11 or 1/12 quiz

Episode #1 w/ special guest:  Samuel Adams
Boston Tea Party --not really a “party”;  It was clean and orderly “protest”
Bostonians were upset that even though tge discounted tea was cheap, it was being taxed.  
Why were they so upset over the taxes?
Sugar Act + Stamp Act + Boston Massacre + colonists not being allowed to elect politicians in Parliament
“No taxation without representation!!”  -must know what this phrase means.
England feels they have a right to tax the colonies because of the French and Indian War;  
England and colonies fought together (i.e. as buddies) against the French + Indians.  This war cost England much $$$ since wars aren’t cheap.

Episode #2:  Intolerable Acts w/ special guest Phillis Wheatley 
Intolerable Acts -- England is upset over the Boston Tea “Party”   They shut down the Boston harbor by increasing their military numbers, the King installed strict curfews, the military began “quartering” people’s homes and England took over the Massachusetts (Mass.) government.    These acts angered ALL OF THE COLONIES they viewed the acts as a threat to all the colonies.  

Episode #3 of United We Stand w/special guest Abigail Adams

First Continental Congress will meet in Philadelphia.  They hope to write a “formal response” to King George and Parliament.   However once they meet not all of the colonies’ delegates will agree. Some will want to ask the King for help and others will want to rebel and declare freedom.

Tory and Loyalists-- colonists that support the King and the Parliament
Patriots -- colonists that support creating their own new country

John Adams (founding father + 2nd President) -- defended British soldiers who shot in “self-defense” during the Boston Massacre.  The British soldiers were found “not guilty” however Adams was thought in some circles as a loyalist.  

The cartoon talks about tar and feathering a sailor.  This was done often by “unruly” patriots.  It would humiliate the victim, in many cases the tar and feathering would be brutal (w/ burning, loss of skin and infection).