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Intolerable Acts/ Review:

Intolerable Acts/ Review:

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4th Grade

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Hayley Walker

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8 Slides • 4 Questions

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Gallopade: Intolerable Acts/ Review:

Pg. 32-33

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King George 11 and the British Parliment were enraged...

  • when they heard about the Boston Tea Party.

  • They decided to punish Massachusetts and to set an example to the rest of the colonies. 

  • Parliament quickly passed the Coercive Acts of 1774 to force the colonists to accept British authority (leadership).

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Coercive Acts of 1774 = Intolerable Acts

  • This act was very harsh on the colonists.

  • Coercive Acts so much that they nicknamed the new laws the Intolerable Acts. 

  • Colonists considered the new rules unacceptable and unbearable.

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What did the Intolerable Acts do?

  • closed Boston Harbor until colonists in Massachusetts paid for the tea they destroyed

  • ended town meetings in Massachusetts and sent British military to rule Boston

  • required colonists in all colonies to quarter (house) British soldiers

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Outraged Colonists

  • Outraged, the colonists decided that Parliament had gone too far. There was no way the colonists would allow these actions to continue happening in their towns and colonies!

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Role of Patrick Henry:

  • Patrick Henry concluded that King George III had no intention of taking care of the colonists.

  • Henry said that a king who wouldn’t pass necessary laws made by elected colonial representatives was a tyrant, a cruel and unreasonable ruler.

  • The Intolerable Acts were a final straw for many Patriots, including Henry.

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"Give me liberty or give me death.”

  • Patrick Henry urged Virginia colonists to arm themselves against Great Britain and famously stated, “I know not what course others may take; but as for me, give me liberty or give me death.”

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Multiple Choice

Determine whether the statement would have been made by a Massachusetts colonist or a member of Parliament.


“People should have a say in the laws created for them.”

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Massachusetts Colonists

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Member of Parliament

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Multiple Choice

Determine whether the statement would have been made by a Massachusetts colonist or a member of Parliament.


“What was destroyed must be repaid.”

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Massachusetts Colonists

2

Member of Parliament

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Multiple Choice

Determine whether the statement would have been made by a Massachusetts colonist or a member of Parliament.


“There is no reason to obey an unfair law.”

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Massachusetts Colonists

2

Member of Parliament

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Multiple Choice

Determine whether the statement would have been made by a Massachusetts colonist or a member of Parliament.


“People should be grateful for the soldiers who protect them.”

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Massachusetts Colonists

2

Member of Parliament

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Now, We will review Chapter 3 with a video.

Gallopade: Intolerable Acts/ Review:

Pg. 32-33

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