Uniting the Colonies Unit 3 Ch. 5.2 Are your classroom colors different than what you see in this template? That’s OK! Click on Design -> Variants (the down arrow) -> Pick the color scheme that works for you! Feel free to change any “You will…” and “I will…” statements to ensure they align with your classroom procedures and rules!

I. Massachusetts Protests flare British nervous Colonist Rebellion = rejection of British authority Redcoats set up camp in the center of the city Colonist believe this violated colonial rights Occupy – take control of Redcoats = poor and “rude” Competed for jobs Bostonians wanted

B. Boston Massacre March 5, 1770 British officers try to calm a crowd “We did not send for you. We will not have you here. We’ll get rid of you, we’ll drive you away!” Townspeople = angry & throw stick and stones at soldiers “Come on, you rascals, you bloody backs, you lobster scoundrels, fire, if you dare.” Soldier knocked down, redcoat fires, five colonist dead Crispus Attucks = dockworker, part African

C. Spreading the News Propaganda Massacre led for stronger boycotts Samuel Adams makes posters describing the Boston Massacre as a slaughter of innocent Americans Paul Revere engraving shows Redcoat ordering the fire Massacre led for stronger boycotts Townshend Acts repealed tax on imports EXCEPT for tea 1772, Samuel Adams = Boston Committee of Correspondence = protestors

D. Crisis in Boston British East India Company = vital to economy Boycotts = bad for business Tea Act = gave BEIC nearly total control of the tea market, removed some of the tax but forced colonist to buy British tea Daughters of Liberty issue a pamphlet = “We’ll part with our tea”

E. The Tea Party 1773, three ships arrive in the Boston Harbor (with tea) Boston Sons of Liberty, December 16th Midnight Dressed as Native Americans board the ship Throw 342 chests of tea overboard

F. The Intolerable Acts King George III = “We must either master them or totally leave them to themselves.” 1774, Parliament passes series of laws = The Coercive Acts = applies to ALL colonies Banned town meetings in Mass. Closed Boston Harbor Stopped shipments of food Drew colonies together = sent food to Boston

G. The Quebec Act Law created a govt. for Canada Extended territory south to the Ohio River Ignored colonies’ claims to the region

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