Colonial

1. DO NOW
What did you read about last night?
Write a brief summary paragraph
that uses the TITLE and any 3
vocabulary terms. Begin with a
topic sentence. P. 147

2. Learn about Townshend Acts,
Boston Massacre, and Boston Tea
Party

4. 12A. Who had a plan
to raise revenue $$$
from the colonies?
p. 147

5. Charles Townshend, the
King’s Finance Minister
Known as
“Champagne Charlie”

6. 12B. Describe the
TOWNSHEND ACTS:

8. TOWNSHEND ACTS were a
new set of taxes placed
on imported products
such as glass, paper, lead,
paint, and tea

9. 13. What were the
WRITS OF
ASSISTANCE?

11. 14. Why were
colonists upset about
Townsend Acts and
Writs of Assistance?

12. TOWNSHEND ACTS – They
were being taxed $$$
again without having a
voice in ___________________.

13. Writs of Assistance
“no one ought to harm
another in LIFE, health,
LIBERTY, or
POSSESSIONS”
Meaning????????
Who wrote this? When?

14. Writs of Assistance
(John Locke –
Enlightenment)
It violated their natural
rights (life, liberty,
property)

15. 15. Describe the
DAUGHTERS OF
LIBERTY.

16. When they boycotted British tea, they started
making their tea from ________.

17. Boston was full of tension
The colonists did not like
the British soldiers in their
city

18. The colonist
made fun of the
British soldiers by
calling them
“lobster backs”
because of red
uniforms

20. “Yankee” was a rude name
the British called the
colonists
Started as an insult and
later became a name in
which the colonists were
proud

21. 16. What event
happens on March 5,
1770?

22. Boston Massacre occurred
on March 5, 1770

23. Some soldiers guarding
the British Customs House
were taunted by a crowd
of citizens
A fight broke out and the
British soldiers fired

24. A total of 5 citizens were
killed and 6 were wounded
No British soldiers were
hurt in the outbreak
Different accounts about
what happened

29. SITE OF THE BOSTON MASSACRE

30. SITE OF THE BOSTON MASSACRE

34. Thinking Slide
Who names the event
“The Boston
Massacre”?

35. Paul Revere & the Sons of
Liberty name it a
“massacre” to make the
citizens of Boston and the
colonies very upset with
the British
Vocab word for this????

36. Thinking Slide
How does the term
“massacre” show an
anti-British bias and
propaganda?

38. 11. Who is CRISPUS
ATTUCKS?

39. CRISPUS ATTUCKS was an
African American sailor
who was the first killed at
the Boston Massacre

40. MASS GRAVE OF THE FIVE KILLED

41. The British soldiers were
put on trial for murder

42. 17A. Which lawyer
decides to defend the
British soldiers in the
trial?

43. John Adams becomes the
lawyer for the British
soldiers on trial
John Adams
later becomes
the second
President of the
United States

45. 17B. Why does John
Adams, a Patriot, act
as the soldiers
lawyer?

46. Adams wanted to prove that
Colonists followed the rules
of LAW – that anyone could
get a fair trial in the
colonies – even British
soldiers
Sam Adams and John Adams had
different ways of protesting!

47. 18. What was the
outcome of the trial?

48. The jury finds the soldiers
not guilty.
They fired in self-defense
the jury concluded

49. Note: What happened
to the Townshend
Act?

50. With all the protests, why keep
the tax on tea???? Monopoly??!

51. 19. What was the
purpose of the TEA
ACT (Tea Tax)?

52. It gave the British East India
Company control over the American
tea trade.
All tea coming into the Colonies had
to be shipped in ships owned by this
British company!!
But I still don’t understand
WHY???????

53. Most of the tea sold in colonies was
smuggled tea from Holland.
A British trading company (British
East India Co.) had 15 million
pounds of old tea sitting around in
British warehouses, not selling.

54. 20. What groups did
Sam Adams of Boston
start for
communication?

56. 21. What happened on
the evening of
December 16, 1773, in
response to the Tea
Act?

61. Sons of Liberty organizes a protest
A group of men dressed as Indians
board 3 tea ships in Boston Harbor
and dump (destroy) 342 chests of
tea into the harbor
Britain wants to be paid
for the tea (value was
90,000 English pounds
then) and the men
to be brought to trial.
Who were they?........

63. Patriotism OR Terrorism??

64. Patriots OR Criminals??