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6.2 Colonial Resistance Grows

6.2 Colonial Resistance Grows. The Townshend Acts Are Passed. Since most of the British troops were quartered in NY, the people living there were shouldering most of the load for the cost. The Townshend Acts were designed to raise money for the troops.

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6.2 Colonial Resistance Grows

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  1. 6.2 Colonial Resistance Grows

  2. The Townshend Acts Are Passed • Since most of the British troops were quartered in NY, the people living there were shouldering most of the load for the cost. • The Townshend Acts were designed to raise money for the troops. • Duties (taxes) were placed on goods before they were allowed to enter the colonies. • Townshend thought this would not engender as much anger. • British officers would use writs of assistance to enforce the Townshend Acts (they were looking for smuggled goods).

  3. Reasons for Protest • Many colonists felt that the writs went against their natural rights (John Locke) because it allowed the troops to search any where at almost any time. The writs were easy to get. • Tools of Protest: Colonists in Boston announced another boycott of British goods. Sam Adams was the driving force behind these boycotts. Leaders asked for protests to remain peaceful. Customs officials in Boston tried to seize the American ship Liberty which was smuggling wine. A riot broke out and customs officers were forced to flee. Sooooooo (I know this is shocking), more British troops were called into the area.

  4. Boston Massacre • In the fall of 1768, 1000 redcoats arrived in Boston under the command of Thomas Gage. • The soldiers were poorly paid and so they took extra jobs often at wages lower than American workers would accept • On Mar. 7, 1770 dockworkers got into a fight with some redcoats, shots were fired and four colonists were killed. including Crispus Attucks. • Committees of Correspondence were formed by Sam Adams and they exchanged letters on colonial affairs.

  5. The Tea Act • In 1773, Parliament passed the Tea Act. • Tea had been smuggled from Holland by the thousands of tons for years. • The Tea Act gave the British East India Company control over all of the American tea trade. • Colonists would have to pay taxes on this tea.

  6. Boston Tea Party • Protests against the Tea Act took place in all of the colonies. • In Charlestown the colonists unloaded the tea and let it rot on the docks. • In New York and Philadelphia colonists blocked ships from docking. • In December of 1773 men dressed as Indians boarded three ships and threw 342 chests of tea into the harbor. • Some colonial leaders offered to pay for the tea if Britain would lift the Tea Act, but the government refused.

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