Agenda- September 30

1. Agenda- September 30 • Final Acts – Events that Led to War • “Get Up, Stand Up”- Bob Marley

2. FINAL ACTS THAT LED TO WAR The final steps to war. The tensions continue to rise.

3. Tools of Protest: Terms and People • Boycott- refusal to buy goods. • Samuel Adams- leader of the Sons of Liberty. Main figure of opposition to British in Boston. • Sons of Liberty- group of colonists who formed a secret society to oppose British rule. • Propaganda- telling of half truths to better suit your side. • Taxation without Representation- key reason for the start of the war. Colonists felt they had no say in the government or control of their lives!

4. Townshend Acts/ Writs of Assistance 1767 • Placed indirect (hidden) taxes on imported goods such as glass, paper, paint, lead and tea. • Colonists reaction: smuggling (sneaking in illegally) goods into the colonies. Not buying the taxed goods. • England counterreaction: passes the Writs of Assistance (search warrants) which allowed soldiers to enter homes/businesses looked for smuggled goods.

5. Boston Massacre • 1,000 British soldiers arrive in Boston. Tension fills the streets. • March 5, 1770- tensions explode between dockworkers and British Soldiers. • Soldiers fire into the crowd after he supposedly heard the word “fire” as the colonists were throwing snowballs and rocks at them. Shots are fired 5 colonists are killed. • Sons of Liberty call this the “Boston Massacre”.

6. Boston Massacre • Propaganda is used by the Sons of Liberty to spark further outrage towards the British.

7. Tea Act- 1773 • Forced the colonists to only buy British Tea from the British East India Company. • Tea tax applied • This led to the Boston Tea Party. • Colonists refused to buy the tea.

8. Boston Tea Party

9. Boston Tea Party • Sons of Liberty dressed as Mohawk Indians raided the British ships and tossed 342 crates of tea into Boston Harbor. • The British are furious. They will pass the Intolerable Acts

10. Intolerable/Coercive (to force) Acts- English Reaction to Boston Tea Party • British passed 4 laws : • Closed Boston Harbor until repay for tea. • Forbade any town meetings (stop the Sons of Liberty) • Freed all British soldiers accused of crimes in colonies. • Reinstated Quartering Act- forced colonists to house British soldiers.

11. Intolerable and Coercive Acts- 1774 • These are the same acts, just different perspective. • Coerce- to force. The British tried to force the colonists to pay back the tea. Punishment for Tea Party. • Intolerable- having to put up with too much (unfair). The Colonists felt that they were being punished for the actions of a small group.

12. “Get Up, Stand Up” Lyrical Analysis • With your tables, look at the lyrics and make 4 connections between the lyrics and the different concepts we have covered this unit. • Make a list of the connections on the back of your Final Acts Notes.

13. Bob Marley “Get Up Stand UP” • Get up, stand up: stand up for your rights!Get up, stand up: stand up for your rights!Get up, stand up: stand up for your rights!Get up, stand up: don’t give up the fight!Preacher man, don’t tell me,Heaven is under the earth.I know you don’t knowWhat life is really worth.It’s not all that glitters is gold;’alf the story has never been told:So now you see the light, eh!Stand up for your rights. come on!Get up, stand up: stand up for your rights!Get up, stand up: don’t give up the fight!Get up, stand up: stand up for your rights!Get up, stand up: don’t give up the fight!Most people think,Great God will come from the skies,Take away everythingAnd make everybody feel high.But if you know what life is worth,You will look for yours on earth:And now you see the light,You stand up for your rights. jah! • Get up, stand up! (jah, jah!)Stand up for your rights! (oh-hoo!)Get up, stand up! (get up, stand up!)Don’t give up the fight! (life is your right!)Get up, stand up! (so we can’t give up the fight!)Stand up for your rights! (lord, lord!)Get up, stand up! (keep on struggling on!)Don’t give up the fight! (yeah!)We sick an’ tired of-a your ism-skism game -Dyin’ ’n’ goin’ to heaven in-a jesus’ name, lord.We know when we understand:Almighty God is a living man.You can fool some people sometimes,But you can’t fool all the people all the time.So now we see the light (what you gonna do? ),We gonna stand up for our rights! (yeah, yeah, yeah!)So you better:Get up, stand up! (in the morning! git it up!)Stand up for your rights! (stand up for our rights!)Get up, stand up!Don’t give up the fight! (don’t give it up, don’t give it up!)Get up, stand up! (get up, stand up!)Stand up for your rights! (get up, stand up!)Get up, stand up! ( ... )Don’t give up the fight! (get up, stand up!)Get up, stand up! ( ... )Stand up for your rights!Get up, stand up!Don’t give up the fight! /fadeout/

14. October 8- Agenda • Hierarchy- take 3 minutes and with your table try to place everything in the proper place. (Back a sheet of the packet) • Protest Poster- Two days to work on them in class. Project grade.

15. October 9- Agenda • Day #2 of the Protest

16. With your group, put the following in order from most powerful to least powerful. • Atlantic Ocean (Salutary Neglect) • Right to Vote • White, Landowning, Christian Males • Slaves • Governor • White Women • Non-Landowning Males • King • Native Americans and Free African Americans • Colonial Assembly • Parliament • King • Parliament • Atlantic Ocean • Governor • Colonial Assembly • White, Landowning, Christian Males • Right to Vote • Non-Landowning Males • White Women • Native Americans and Free African Americans • Slaves