Warm up Vocab- Use book or other resource Boston Tea Party Boston Massacre Intolerable Acts Social Contract Unalienable Rights First Continental Congress Lexington and Concord Committee of Correspondence

Review French and Indian War changes Britain’s mind on salutary neglect Tensions begin to rise between colonists and British

Today Events leading to the Revolution Boston Massacre Boston Tea Party/Intolerable Acts

Pontiac’s Rebellion Chief Pontiac led major attack on colonist in the west British sent troops to defeat Pontiac Began to question colonists in the west

Proclamation of 1763 Result of Pontiac’s Rebellion Stopped colonial settlement west of the Appalachian Mountains Angered colonists Believed it was their right to settle all the way to Pacific Ocean

Declaratory Act Said that Parliament had the right to tax and pass laws for the colonies; taxing authority was the same in America as in Great Britain Attempt to save face, justify taxes

Townshend Acts Enacted a tax on tea, glass and paper Writs of Assistance Allowed the search of private property without a warrant Massachusetts Circular Letter Written by James Otis and Sam Adams Urged colonies to oppose acts

Townshend Acts Colonist organized boycotts of English goods Parliament repealed the acts Due to loss of trade

Boston Massacre Boston residents resented British troops 1770- British had stationed more than 4,000 troops in Boston. The population of Boston at the time was approximately 15,000. March 1770- Colonists get into a scuffle with British troops Soldiers fired into the crowd Crispus Attucks-an African American was killed; 5 total killed

Committee of Correspondence Created by Sam Adams Bodies organized by the local govts of the American colonies in the late 1700s for the purposes of coordinating written communication outside of the colony. Helped spread resistance of the British throughout the colonies

Boston Tea Party British ordered the colonist to only buy tea from the East India Tea Party Passed a tax on all tea- Tea Act Smuggled Dutch tea British lowered their price of tea below the Dutch

Boston Tea Party A group of colonists dressed as Native Americans dumped tea into Boston Harbor Led by the Sons of Liberty

Intolerable Acts Passed in response to the Boston Tea Party Closed the port of Boston Reduced the power of the Massachusetts legislature Strengthened the royal governor Administration of Justice Act Allowed British officials to be tried in England for crimes

Which image do you think presents a more trustworthy account of the Boston Massacre? What other information would you want to know about the images to better understand the Boston Massacre? What information would you want to help you determine who was responsible for the violence? Paul Revere created the first image, which he titled “Bloody Massacre in King Street.” Revere, a silversmith and engraver, was actively involved in efforts to resist British rule. He was a member of the Sons of Liberty and created engravings that sought to build opposition to the British. Revere began selling copies of “Bloody Massacre” three weeks after the event. He based it on an engraving by Henry Pelham, who was a Loyalist. Pelham was never credited for his work. The second image comes from William Nell’s book The Colored Patriots of The American Revolution. The book was published in 1855. It was one of the earliest and most comprehensive books about African American history. Nell was an African American abolitionist from Massachusetts. He wrote for William Lloyd Garrison’s abolitionist newspaper The Liberator and Frederick Douglass’s The North Star. He also worked to end segregation in Massachusetts’s public schools. In 1851, he lobbied the Massachusetts legislature to create a monument honoring Crispus Attucks. In 1888, after Nell’s death, Boston installed a large monument commemorating the Boston Massacre and Attucks was featured prominently.

What details about the Boston Massacre do Documents A and B have in common? What details about the event are different? How are these accounts similar or different from the accounts provided by the two images?