Section 2-Polling Question

1. Section 2-Polling Question • A • B • C • D How would you most likely respond to taunting? A.Ignore it B.Cry C.Respond verbally D.Respond violently

2. Chapter 5 The Spirit of Independence (1763-1776) Section 2 Building Colonial Unity

3. Essential Question • How did the colonists react to British policies? How did the colonists react to British policies?

4. Trouble in Boston • By 1768, protests by the colonists were making British colonial officials nervous • Colonies were on the brink of rebellion • Parliament sent troops to Boston • Colonists felt the British pushed them too far • First the British had passed laws that violated colonial rights • Now they sent an army to occupy (control) colonial cities

5. Making Matters Worse • The soldiers in Boston acted rudely • Sometimes even violently toward colonists • The Redcoats earned little pay • Some stole goods from local shops • Some fought with boys who taunted them • The soldiers often competed for jobs that Bostonians wanted

6. Problems Continue • March 5, 1770- A fight between Bostonians and the soldiers • A man shouts “We did not send for you. We will not have you here. We will get rid of you, we’ll drive you away!” • The angry townspeople move toward the customhouse, where taxes were collected • Picked up stones, sticks, clubs, and snowballs • The sentry panicked and called for help

7. The Crowd Grows • The crowd starts throwing snowballs and other objects • Yelling at the crowd “Fire you bloodybacks, you lobsters” • “You dare not fire.” • A soldier gets knocked down • The Soldiers got nervous

8. The Boston Massacre • The soldiers fired • Killed 5 colonists • One Bostonian cried: “Are the inhabitants to be knocked down in the streets?” • “Are they to be murdered?” • Among the dead was Crispus Attucks, a dockworker who was part African, part Native American • The tragic encounter (unexpected meeting) was called the Boston Massacre

9. The Word Spreads • The killings were used as propaganda by colonial leaders • Information made to influence public opinion • Paul Revere made an engraving of the event • Showed the British firing on an orderly crowd • Boycotts spread after this and Parliament repealed the Townshend Acts • Only the tax on tea remained • Trade with Britain continued • Some colonial leaders called for resistance to British rule • Committees of Correspondence were set up

10. A Crisis Over Tea • 1773- The British East India Company faced ruin • To save the company, Parliament passed the Tea Act • Gave the Company a monopoly on tea trade • Made tea cheaper than smuggled tea, but helped the British • Colonists vowed to stop the Company’s ships from unloading • People stopped drinking tea (Many started drinking coffee)

11. More Tea Crisis • Ships were sent away • Cargoes of tea was unloaded in damp cellars making it rot • Three tea ships arrived in Boston in late 1773 • The Royal governor refused to let them leave and ordered them to be unloaded

12. Unloading The Tea • The Sons of Liberty “helped” unload the tea • December 16th- Men disguised as Mohawks boarded the ships at midnight • Threw 342 chests of tea overboard • Became known as the Boston Tea Party • Colonists gathered to celebrate • No one wanted to break with Britain • Most saw themselves as British citizens

13. King George III • Heard the news of the Boston Tea Party • He realized he was losing control of the colonies • King George III said “We must master them or totally leave them alone” • British Government passed the Coercive Acts in 1774 • Intended to punish the colonists

14. Coercive Acts • Closed Boston Harbor until the tea was paid for • Town meetings were banned in New England • Bostonians had to shelter (Quarter) soldiers • Boston was isolated, but other colonies sent food and clothing to support Boston • Parliament then passed the Quebec Act

15. Quebec Act • Set up a government for Quebec • Gave Quebec the area west of the Appalachians and north of the Ohio River • This ignored colonial claims of this area • The colonists expressed their feelings in their name for the new laws • The Intolerable Acts

16. Section 2 • A • B • C • D What did the colonists call the new laws passed by the British government? A.The Intolerable Acts B.The Revolutionary Acts C.The Boston Massacre D.The Coercive Acts

17. Essential Question • How did the colonists react to British policies? • Colonists objected to the occupation of Boston and used the Boston Massacre as anti-British Propaganda. • The Tea Act spurred protest throughout the colonies, but especially in Massachusetts, where colonists staged the Boston Tea Party. • The Coercive Acts led other colonies to support Massachusetts and oppose British policies. • How did the colonists react to British policies?

18. Chapter 5 Section 2 Quiz

19. Twenty colonists were killed during the Boston Massacre. • True • False

20. Boycotts following the Boston Massacre helped repeal the Townshend Acts. • True • False

21. The committee of correspondence was a system of letter writing between the colonial governors and the king. • True • False

22. At the time of the Boston Tea Party, most colonists still considered themselves as British citizens. • True • False

23. Parliament successfully isolated Boston from the rest of the colonies by passing the Coercive Acts. • True • False

24. When Britain learned that the colonies were on the brink of rebellion in 1768, Parliament responded by • closing Boston Harbor. • sending a letter to the colonies. • sending troops to Boston. • doing nothing.

25. Anti-British feelings among the colonists grew more intense because of propaganda like Paul Revere's engraving of the • Boston Massacre. • Intolerable Acts. • Liberty Affair. • Boston Tea Party.

26. Which act gave the East India Company an advantage over colonial merchants? • Sugar Act • Declaratory Act • Tea Act • Stamp Act

27. Some colonists celebrated the dramatic act of defiance known as the • Intolerable Acts. • Coercive Acts. • Boston Massacre. • Boston Tea Party.

28. The colonial name for laws that banned town meetings in New England was • the Navigation Acts. • the Intolerable Acts. • the Coercive Acts. • the Boston Tea Party.

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