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Page 1: Chapter 6-2. Colonists saw British efforts to increase control over colonies as VIOLATION OF THEIR RIGHTS Many Colonists ORGANIZED TO OPPOSE British

COLONIAL RESISTANCE

GROWSChapter 6-2

Colonists saw British efforts to increase control over colonies as VIOLATION OF THEIR RIGHTS

Many Colonists ORGANIZED TO OPPOSE British policies

KEYS IDEAS

Page 3: Chapter 6-2. Colonists saw British efforts to increase control over colonies as VIOLATION OF THEIR RIGHTS Many Colonists ORGANIZED TO OPPOSE British

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!

Tightening British Control

Page 4: Chapter 6-2. Colonists saw British efforts to increase control over colonies as VIOLATION OF THEIR RIGHTS Many Colonists ORGANIZED TO OPPOSE British

Page 5: Chapter 6-2. Colonists saw British efforts to increase control over colonies as VIOLATION OF THEIR RIGHTS Many Colonists ORGANIZED TO OPPOSE British

COLONISTS PROTEST

Colonies Unite for Common Cause

Page 6: Chapter 6-2. Colonists saw British efforts to increase control over colonies as VIOLATION OF THEIR RIGHTS Many Colonists ORGANIZED TO OPPOSE British

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!”

POLITICAL ACTIVISM SPREADS

Page 7: Chapter 6-2. Colonists saw British efforts to increase control over colonies as VIOLATION OF THEIR RIGHTS Many Colonists ORGANIZED TO OPPOSE British

BOSTON MASSACRE1768 “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

Page 8: Chapter 6-2. Colonists saw British efforts to increase control over colonies as VIOLATION OF THEIR RIGHTS Many Colonists ORGANIZED TO OPPOSE British

Townshend acts repealed – boycott worked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

ECONOMIC INTERFERENCE

Page 9: Chapter 6-2. Colonists saw British efforts to increase control over colonies as VIOLATION OF THEIR RIGHTS Many Colonists ORGANIZED TO OPPOSE British

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

Committees of Correspondence

Page 10: Chapter 6-2. Colonists saw British efforts to increase control over colonies as VIOLATION OF THEIR RIGHTS Many Colonists ORGANIZED TO OPPOSE British

BOSTON TEA PARTYDecember 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

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