Youth Programs
Here are some examples from some of our SAR Sate America250 Committees. The activities outlined below are intended to educate the youth about the history of one of the earliest events of the American Revolution. These documents serves as an outline for instructors and youth leaders to plan their own programs with an American Revolution theme. It is by no means a comprehensive list and you are encouraged to add or modify events as needed.
Boston Tea Party
On November 29, 1773, the Sons of Liberty of Boston, MA, organized a meeting in protest of the British Parliament’s tax on tea. The British ships Dartmouth, Eleanor, and Beaver had arrived bearing 340 chests (92,000 lbs.) of tea for the colonies. Protests by the Patriots kept the tea from being unloaded.
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First Continental Congress
On September 5, 1774, fifty-five delegates from twelve British colonies met in Philadelphia to discuss a coordinated American response to the Intolerable Acts – four laws enacted by the British Parliament to punish the colonists for the Boston Tea Party. Over the course of 51 days, the First Continental Congress debated the alternate paths of reconciliation with Britain and independence for America.
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Lexington & Concord
Escalating tensions between the colonists and the British government reached a critical point in early 1775. Following the Boston Tea Party protest of British taxes and unjust laws in December 1773, Parliament responded by passing the Intolerable Acts – harsh and restrictive measures that further limited the rights of their American subjects.
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