Class Summary 10.4.12

Yesterday, October 3,2012, we went to the media lab (YAY! more technology!) to construct a shared presentation in Google with our group members on our Ed Cafe topic. My group had the Stamp Act of 1763, and we divvied up the sub topics and each created two slides. I had "The Burden of Taxes" and "Quest for Revenue." I quickly found that the British Parliament was desperate to raise revenue to pay off war and defense debts. The solution they decided, was to raise taxes on sugar and stamps. This is in addition of the newly enforced Navigation Acts and the Royal Proclamation of 1763. After the British beat the French they faced more war costs and also new expenses to protect the colonists. The colonists decided to rebel, attacking British officials and Stamp Masters. In response to the widespread protest , Parliament repealed the tax in 1766. Today, the Ed Cafe discussions were a success once again. We learned about events such as the Townshend Acts/Boston Massacre, the Boston Tea Party, the Intolerable Acts and lastly the first Continental Congress.