Stamp Act, Boston Tea Party, Boston Massacre

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6Path to Revolution: Round 2

2. • After the Stamp Act
debacle, Charles
Townshend proposed
a new taxation
strategy
• Based on listening to
Benjamin Franklin
talk to Parliament
• Direct vs. Indirect
Taxes
• Townshend Duties:
Glass, Paper, Lead,
Paint, and Tea

3. John Dickinson
Letters from a Farmer in
Pennsylvania, 1766
“ to regulate trade”
“for the single purpose”
“a most dangerous
innovation”
“abject slaves”

4. American Resistance
• Samuel Adams -
Massachusetts
Circular Letter (1768)
• Lord Hillsborough’s
response
• Liberty riots (1768)
• More Redcoats
• Non-importation
Boycott

5. “First then throw aside your high knots of pride
Wear none but your own country linen
Of economy boast. Let your pride be the most
To show clothes of your make and spinning.”

6. The Boston “Incident”
• Citizens of Boston resented the presence of
redcoats
• Redcoats competed for jobs
• Many small conflicts, fights – 1768-1770
• The “brawl” at John Gray’s
• March 5, 1770
• The actors: Captain Thomas Preston,
Criwpus Attucks

7. Boston
IncidentMassacre

8. Parliament Backs Down
• New government
under Lord Frederick
North, 1770
• Repeal Townshend
Duties (except tea)
• Boycott was a greater
factor than the Boston
Massacre
• Quiet Period: 1770-
1773