Transcript Chapter 6, Section 2a

On the top half of NB p. 20, copy
this diagram.
What were the reasons for colonial protest?
What were the tools of colonial protest?
Lesson 6.2: Colonial
Resistance Grows
Today we will
describe the
Townshend Acts
and explain the
causes and effects
of the Boston
Massacre.
Vocabulary
• writ – a legal document issued by the
government or the courts
• propaganda – words or images designed
to persuade an audience to act, feel,
think, or believe in a specific way
Check for Understanding
• What are going to do today?
• Who issues writs?
• Do your parents ever use propaganda
with you?
• Is propaganda true or false?
What We Already Know
Ever since the
Proclamation of 1763,
relations between the
British government
and the American
colonists had been
growing increasingly
hostile.
What We Already Know
Parliament’s attempts to raise revenue by
taxing the colonies were met with protests,
petitions, and boycotts.
What We Already Know
The Enlightenment was an intellectual movement
that emphasized reason and science, and its
scholars believed that all government should be
based on natural laws and natural rights.
B tell A
• Why did Parliament pass the
Proclamation of 1763?
• Be sure to re-state the question
in your response!
The Townshend Acts Are Passed
• Parliament had canceled the Stamp Act. But
it still needed to raise money to pay its
expenses in America.
• Charles Townshend, the
king’s finance minister,
suggested a series of laws
that would raise revenue in
the colonies.
• One of the Townshend Acts
stopped New York’s
legislative assembly from
meeting until the colonists
agreed to quarter British
troops.
The Townshend Acts
• Another act placed taxes on certain goods
brought into the colonies. The money raised
would help to pay the salaries of British officials
in the colonies.
• To enforce these laws,
British officers used
writs of assistance.
These were search
warrants used to enter
homes or businesses
to find smuggled
goods.
The Reasons for Protest
• Anger over the new
taxes and the closure
of the NY assembly
• “Parliament has no
right to tax us
directly!”
• The writs of assistance
also angered many
colonists.
• These acts threatened
their natural rights and
freedoms.
John Locke and Natural Rights
• Natural rights had been
described by English
philosopher John Locke
during the Enlightenment.
• Locke wrote that the law
of nature teaches that “no
one ought to harm
another in his life, health,
liberty, or possessions.”
Get your whiteboards
and markers ready!
Why were the Townshend Acts
passed?
A. To demonstrate Parliament’s authority
over the colonies
B. To raise money to pay for the British
government’s expenses in America
C. To punish the colonists for their
opposition to the Stamp Act
D. To control colonial settlements in the
Ohio Valley
9. Why did colonists oppose the
Townshend Acts?
A. The acts suspended the New
York assembly.
B. The acts imposed new taxes.
C. The acts called for the use of
writs of assistance.
D. The acts banned settlement
west of the Appalachian
Mountains.
Choose all that are true!
Tools of Protest
Colonists in Boston decided to protest the
Townshend Acts by calling for another
boycott of British goods, which spread
throughout the colonies.
A tell B
• What is a boycott?
• Be sure to re-state the question
in your response!
Tools of Protest
Samuel Adams, a
leader of the Boston
Sons of Liberty, led
the protest.
Tools of Protest
• The Sons of Liberty asked
shopkeepers not to sell
goods made in Britain.
• The Daughters of Liberty
urged colonists to weave
their own cloth and to
use only American goods.
• Trade with Britain dropped.
• Some colonial leaders
called for peaceful protests.
John Dickinson
Get your whiteboards
and markers ready!
10. How did some colonial leaders
protest the Townshend Acts?
A. Another boycott of
British products was
announced.
B. Colonists were urged to
use only American
goods.
C. More goods were
imported from France
and Spain.
D. Some colonial leaders
called for peaceful
protests.
Choose all that are true!
The “Liberty” Incident
• Customs officials in Boston tried to search the
merchant ship Liberty, which was carrying
smuggled goods.
• Colonists rose up in protest and a riot broke out.
• British officials reacted by calling for more
British troops to be sent to Boston.
The Boston Massacre
• In the fall of 1768,
about 1,000 British
soldiers arrived in
Boston to keep order.
• Poorly paid British
soldiers often hired
themselves out as
workers when offduty, leading to
competition with
colonists for jobs.
The Boston Massacre
Tension filled the streets, as soldiers and
colonists openly taunted each other.
Frightened British
recoats feared for their
lives.
Ned, they’re
comin’ right
for us!
On March 5, 1770, a
scuffle broke out between
colonists and a group of
redcoats guarding the
Customs House.
The Boston Massacre
The soldiers fired on the protesting
colonists, and five were killed,
including a sailor and former slave
named Crispus Attucks.
The Boston Massacre
Colonial leaders
called the
shooting the
Boston Massacre.
They said that
the five colonists
gave their lives
for freedom.
The Boston Massacre
• The Sons of Liberty turned the tragedy into antiBritish propaganda.
• Paul Revere’s illustration of the event was
circulated throughout the colonies.
• Thousands of colonists were outraged by
news of the killings.
The Boston Massacre
• The British soldiers
involved in the
shooting were
arrested for murder.
• John Adams, a
cousin of Samuel
Adams, successfully
defended the
soldiers in court.
• He wanted to prove
that the colonies
followed the rule of
law.
To many colonists, however the
Boston Massacre would stand as a
symbol of British tyranny.
Get your whiteboards
and markers ready!
Why did colonists resent the presence
of so many British soldiers in Boston?
A. Colonists were jealous of
the well–paid soldiers.
B. British soldiers often were
rude to colonial women.
C. British soldiers often were
from different racial back–
grounds than the colonists.
D. Off-duty British soldiers
were competing with
colonists for jobs.
11. What events led to the
Boston Massacre?
A. Colonists disliked the idea of British
soldiers hiring themselves out as workers.
B. The British soldiers tried to arrest Sam
Adams and Crispus Attucks.
C. The British soldiers and colonists
exchanged insults, which led to violence.
D. The British soldiers fired on the colonists,
killing Crispus Attucks and four others.
Choose all that are true!
Why was the massacre an
important event in the cause
for independence?
A. It roused greater opposition to the Sons
of Liberty among the colonists.
B. It led many people in England to
sympathize with the colonists.
C. For many colonists, it became a symbol
of British tyranny.
D. It convinced many colonists to demand
independence from Britain.