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Boston M a s s a c r e

Boston M a s s a c r e. Following the Boston Massacre. Parliament repealed all taxes under the Townshend Act except the one on tea Most colonists drank smuggled Dutch tea anyway. NOT a tax on tea. Tea Act of 1773. Parliament gave British East India

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Boston M a s s a c r e

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  1. Boston M a s s a c r e

  2. Following the Boston Massacre • Parliament repealed all taxes under the Townshend Act except the one on tea • Most colonists drank smuggled Dutch tea anyway

  3. NOT a tax on tea Tea Act of 1773 • Parliament gave British East India Company monopoly on the tea trade The only part of the Townshend Act left was the tax on tea and people were still boycotting British tea because of it BUT

  4. How? subsidy Br tea (sold by the BEI Co.) was cheaper (even w/tax) than smuggled Dutch tea Br gov’t wants Br tea bought for the good of a Br company If people buy the Br tea because it is cheaper then the boycott would be broken What is that called? mercantilism

  5. Sons of Liberty SOL Response to Tea Act • Because the SOL feared availability of cheap tea would threaten effectiveness of the boycott - and they wanted the boycott to work… • in Boston • dumped 340 chest of tea in harbor - $90,000 Today’s value = $2, 650,000

  6. boston-tea-party.org

  7. SOL in Charles Town This happens in Georgetown too… Called the Charles Town “Tea Party” 257 chests of tea arrive on HMS London • Governor Bull stored tea (so can’t be destroyed) • Later (after the last royal governor flees) SC sells tea to finance war Boston throws it in the harbor, SC uses it to help fight the war

  8. Intolerable Acts of 1774also called Coercive ActsDo you think this is what they were called in Britain? Punishment for Boston Tea Party - designed to force Boston to pay for tea – make example • Shut down Boston Harbor until paid • Quartering Act – British soldiers quartered (assigned to live) in private homes Why would this make folks unhappy?

  9. Assistance to Boston Parliament thought other colonies would abandon Massachusetts • Other colonies did help: • Virginia Patrick Henry gave a speech in support “…Give me liberty, or give me death.” South Carolina was last to hear Boston harbor closed but first to send supplies (sent rice) SC sent more food and money than any other colony.

  10. What now???

  11. In SC representatives from across the colony met in Charles Town at a General Meeting • Established Committee of 99 to govern the colony for now • 15 merchants • 15 artisans • 69 planters the royal governor was still in Charles Town but most folks obeyed the Committee of 99 • Elected delegates to the Continental Congress de facto government not de jure government

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