Transcript Chapter 6-2

Chapter 6-2
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Colonists saw British efforts to increase
control over colonies as VIOLATION OF THEIR
RIGHTS
Many Colonists ORGANIZED TO OPPOSE
British policies
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Townshend Acts – 1767 –
◦ Parliament tax imports – glass, paper, paint, lead,
tea
◦ Writs of assistance – British allowed search warrants
to enter homes suspected of smuggling
◦COLONISTS ANGRY –
More taxes!
Invasion of their rights!
Colonies Unite for Common Cause
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Daughters of Liberty – urge colonists to
weave own cloth instead of buy British
Boston Gazette – urged no violence
Samuel Adams – leader of Boston Sons of
Liberty :We will destroy every soldier that
dare put his foot on shore... I look ‘upon
them as foreign enemies!”
1768 “Redcoats” arrived in Boston
March 3, 1770 Boston Massacre
Colonists surrounded soldiers – insults – soldiers
fear and shot into crowd – killed 5 colonists –
OUTRAGE
John Adams defended British soldiers – felt
everyone entitled to a fair trial – jury acquitted
on self-defense
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Townshend acts repealed – boycott worked
But Parliament kept Tea Tax – to show in
control
Again Colonists boycott
Tea Act 1773 – one company has exclusive
rights to sell tea in colonies - East India Tea
Company
Colonists angy with Parliament interfence
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Samuel Adams – urged colonists to establish
communication & unity
Soon towns in Massachusetts, New York,
South Carolina & Rhode Island
Holding secret letters and meetings on
resistance efforts
December 16, 1773
Colonists disguised as Native Americans boarded
tea ships in Boston Harbor
Destroyed 324 tea chest and threw into harbor
Parliament repealed Tea Act