1. Section 2-Polling Question
How would you most likely respond to taunting?
A. Ignore it
B. Cry
C. Respond verbally
D. Respond violently A B C D

2. Chapter 5 The Spirit of Independence (1763-1776)
Lesson 2 Building Colonial Unity

3. How did the colonists react to British policies?
Essential Question
How did the colonists react to British policies?
How did the colonists react to British policies?

4. Trouble in Boston
By 1768, protests by the colonists were making British colonial officials nervous
Colonies were on the brink of rebellion
Parliament sent troops to Boston
Colonists felt the British pushed them too far
First the British had passed laws that violated colonial rights
Now they sent an army to occupy (control) colonial cities

5. Making Matters Worse The soldiers in Boston acted rudely
Sometimes even violently toward colonists
The Redcoats earned little pay
Some stole goods from local shops
Some fought with boys who taunted them
The soldiers often competed for jobs that Bostonians wanted

6. Problems Continue
March 5, A fight between Bostonians and the soldiers
A man shouts “We did not send for you. We will not have you here. We will get rid of you, we’ll drive you away!”
The angry townspeople move toward the customhouse, where taxes were collected
Picked up stones, sticks, clubs, and snowballs
The sentry panicked and called for help

7. The Crowd Grows The crowd starts throwing snowballs and other objects
Yelling at the crowd “Fire you bloodybacks, you lobsters”
“You dare not fire.”
A soldier gets knocked down
The Soldiers got nervous

8. The Boston Massacre The soldiers fired Killed 5 colonists
Among the dead was Crispus Attucks, a dockworker who was part African, part Native American
The tragic encounter (unexpected meeting) was called the Boston Massacre
CLASS NOTES

9. The Word Spreads
The killings were used as propaganda by colonial leaders
Information made to influence public opinion
Paul Revere made an engraving of the event
Showed the British firing on an orderly crowd
Boycotts spread after this and Parliament repealed the Townshend Acts
Only the tax on tea remained
Trade with Britain continued
Some colonial leaders called for resistance to British rule
Committees of Correspondence were set up-THIS IS IMPORTANT!!!

10. A Crisis Over Tea 1773- The British East India Company faced ruin
To save the company, Parliament passed the Tea Act
Gave the Company a monopoly on tea trade
Made tea cheaper than smuggled tea, but helped the British
Colonists vowed to stop the Company’s ships from unloading
People stopped drinking tea (Many started drinking coffee)

11. More Tea Crisis Ships were sent away
Cargoes of tea was unloaded in damp cellars making it rot
Three tea ships arrived in Boston in late 1773
The Royal governor refused to let them leave and ordered them to be unloaded

12. Unloading The Tea The Sons of Liberty “helped” unload the tea
December 16th- Men disguised as Mohawks boarded the ships at midnight
Threw 342 chests of tea overboard
Became known as the Boston Tea Party
Colonists gathered to celebrate
No one wanted to break with Britain
Most saw themselves as British citizens

13. King George III CLASS NOTES Heard the news of the Boston Tea Party
He realized he was losing control of the colonies
British Government passed the Coercive Acts in 1774
Intended to punish the colonists
CLASS NOTES
King George III said “We must master them or totally leave them alone”

14. Coercive Acts Closed Boston Harbor until the tea was paid for
Town meetings were banned in New England
Bostonians had to shelter (Quarter) soldiers
Boston was isolated, but other colonies sent food and clothing to support Boston
CLASS NOTES

15. Quebec Act Set up a government for Quebec
Gave Quebec the area west of the Appalachians and north of the Ohio River
This ignored colonial claims of this area
The colonists expressed their feelings in their name for the new laws
The Intolerable Acts
CLASS NOTES

16. How did the colonists react to British policies?
Essential Question
How did the colonists react to British policies?
Colonists objected to the occupation of Boston and used the Boston Massacre as anti-British Propaganda.
The Tea Act spurred protest throughout the colonies, but especially in Massachusetts, where colonists staged the Boston Tea Party.
The Coercive Acts led other colonies to support Massachusetts and oppose British policies.
How did the colonists react to British policies?