The Road to Revolution 6-2: Colonial Resistance Grows

The Townshend Acts Are Passed Crispus Attucks – escaped slave who was killed in the Boston Massacre Townshend Acts – indirect taxes on paper, lead, glass, paint, and tea

The Townshend Acts Are Passed indirect taxes – tax collected on goods before they entered the colonies direct taxes – tax collected on goods within the colonies

The Townshend Acts Are Passed writs of assistance – search warrant that allowed government officials to search homes and warehouses for smuggled goods

The Townshend Acts Are Passed The British government was determined to tax the colonists and stop smuggling. Charles Townshend tried to use indirect taxes in an attempt to anger the colonists less. Summary –

The Reasons for Protest John Dickinson – author of Letters from a Farmer in Pennsylvania, essays that argued that Parliament had no right to tax the colonies John Locke – Enlightenment philosopher whose ideas provided the foundation for the colonist’s arguments against taxation

The Reasons for Protest Summary – Colonists continue to argue against taxation by Parliament, seeing little difference between direct and indirect taxation.

Tools of Protest Samuel Adams – Bostonian most effective at organizing opposition to British rule Summary – As protests became increasingly violent — or threatened to become more violent — the British government sent more troops to America to maintain order... particularly in Boston.

The Boston Massacre The Bloody Massacre Paul Revere

The Boston Massacre Boston Massacre – clash between British troops and colonists in which 5 colonists were killed John Adams – lawyer who defended the soldiers tried for the “Massacre”

The Boston Massacre Summary – The presence of British troops among a hostile population in Boston led to bloody confrontation. While the soldiers were freed for acting in self-defense, the Boston Massacre became a symbol of British tyranny.

The Tea Act Committees of Correspondence – organized by Sam Adams purpose was to communicate with similar groups elsewhere and to coordinate efforts to oppose British policies became a network of colonial communication that Britain could not control

The Tea Act India Britain America Tea grown in India is shipped to Britain before being sent on to America Before the Townshend Acts Cost of tea - £60 a chest

The Tea Act Tea Act – repealed all of the Townshend Acts except the tax on tea India Britain America Tea grown in India is shipped to Britain, where it is taxed before being sent on to America After the Townshend Acts Cost of tea - £70 a chest

India Britain America Indian tea is shipped directly to America; taxes are collected before leaving India The Tea Act Tea Act – After the Tea Act Cost of tea - £50 a chest repealed all of the Townshend Acts except the tax on tea tea could be shipped directly to America

The Tea Act Summary – Parliament repealed the Townshend Acts because the boycotts were so effective that the British economy was hurting. Parliament kept the tax on tea to show that they would still exercise the right to tax the colonies. Still, the price of tea went down. The colonists continued to organize to protest British taxation.

The Tea Act The Burning of the Peggy Stewart Francis Blackwell Mayer

The Boston Tea Party Boston Tea Party – incident when “Indians” attacked Boston and dumped 342 chests of tea into the harbor in protest of taxation

The Boston Tea Party Summary – Colonists reacted to taxation by vandalizing property, which further angered the British government, making them even more determined to control the unruly colonists.

The Road to Revolution The Road to Revolution 6-2: Colonial Resistance Grows