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Chapter 6 Section 2: Colonial Resistance Grows

Chapter 6 Section 2: Colonial Resistance Grows. Many colonists begin to organize to oppose British policies. Townshend Acts (1767). Suspends New York's assembly until New Yorkers house troops Raise revenue Places duties, on various goods British use writs of assistance to enforce acts.

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Chapter 6 Section 2: Colonial Resistance Grows

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  1. Chapter 6Section 2: Colonial Resistance Grows Many colonists begin to organize to oppose British policies

  2. Townshend Acts (1767) • Suspends New York's assembly until New Yorkers house troops • Raise revenue • Places duties, on various goods • British use writs of assistance to enforce acts

  3. Reasons for Protest • New Yorkers angry about suspension of their elected assembly • Many colonists angry about taxation without representation • Argue that writ of assistance violates their natural rights

  4. Leader of the Boston Sons of Liberty, Samuel Adams, organizes boycott (1767) Daughters of liberty asks colonists to use American products Tools of Protest

  5. Tools of Protest [continued] • Boycott spreads throughout the colonies • Custom officials try to seize American ships, protesters cause riots

  6. The Boston Massacre • 1,000 British soldiers arrive in Boston, tension grows • On March 5, 1770, a fight starts between colonists and soldiers • Soldiers fire on colonists, killing five. • Soldiers are charged with murder, lawyer John Adams defends the soldiers • Soldiers sent free, Boston Massacre becomes symbol of British tyranny

  7. Tea Act Parliament repeals the Townshend Acts, except the tax on tea Samuel Adams forms committees of correspondence Groups exchange letters on colonial affairs, form throughout colonies Parliament passes the Tea Act (1773) which : -gives Britain control over the American tea trade -places tax on colonists for regulated tea Angers colonial shippers and merchants

  8. Boston Tea Party • Protests against the Tea Act take place throughout the colonies • The Sons of Liberty organize Boston Tea Party • Dec. 16, 1773, men disguised as Native Americans board 3 tea ships • Destroy 342 chests of tea • Britain wants repayment and men responsible brought to trial

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