1773Tea Act

What is a monopoly?

December 16, 1773

What did the British Parliament do?

• Intolerable Acts– Closed the port of Boston– Increased the powers of the royal governor– Decreased the power of the colonial government– Strengthened the Quartering Act

• Quebec Act– Set up boundaries so the colonists couldn’t move

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First Continental Congress

What does “repeal” mean?

What did King George III say to the petitionfrom the First Continental Congress?

OK, sure! No problem!

Do you guys need anything else done?

Psych nah!

So, the Colonists started stocking up on weapons and getting ready for a fight…

When the British soldiers went to Lexington, Massachusetts…not Lexington, Kentucky…

to take their weapons away…there was a shot fired…

This became known as “the shot heard round the world”