Reasons for Taxation
• Pay for Army
• Pay for War
Debt (French and Indian)
British Tax Laws
1. Sugar Act
2. Stamp Act
Colonial Response
• Committees of
Correspondence
• Boycott
• Sons of liberty

Chapter 6 / Section 4 (Pages 171 – 175)
TODAY’s GOALS:
1. Describe colonists’ reactions to the
Townshend Acts
2. Identify the differences between
Loyalist or Patriots

T H E S T A M P A C T H A S B E E N R E P E A L E D .
H O W E V E R , E N G L A N D A N D C O L O N I S T S T I L L
D I S A G R E E O N M A N Y I S S U E S .

 Townshend Acts: duties (taxes) on imported
Glass, Lead, Paint, Paper and Tea.
British Perspective Colonist Perspective
• To pay for Military Cost • Violated colonists’ Right
British Actions
Writs of Assistance:
Forms to allow tax collectors to search for smuggled goods.
Colonist Response
• Boycott British Goods
• Daughters of Liberty


The ‘Liberty’ Ship

John Hancock: Ship Owner.
Colonist (John Hancock) British
British tax collectors seized the ship, suspecting smuggling.
GB Seized his ship, because he was against the Townshend Act.
British
• Troops sent to restore order
• Arrived in Boston, 1768
Colonist Reaction
• Sons of Liberty: Attack British
Customs House

 Patriot: Someone who feels a strong support for his or her country.

(England King and Queen).
 Neutral: In between. Has not picked a side.

 In response to the riots in Boston over the
Townshend Acts.

Britain sends troops.

H O W I S T H I S I M A G E A D I F F E R E N T P E R S P E C T I V E O F T H E
B O S T O N M A S S A C R E ?

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 REACTION TO THE BOSTON MASSACRE
(Eliminated most of Townshend Act, except for tax on tea.)
Tea Act:
Allowed the British East India
Company to sell its low-cost tea directly to the colonies, undermining colonial tea merchants

Colonist Reaction
To Tea ACT
• Boycotted the British Tea
• Destroyed tea shipments
• Boston Tea Party
British Response
To the Boston Tea Party
• British Parliament passed the
Coercive Acts (Intolerable Acts)

1. Boston Harbor was closed until Boston Paid for the lost tea
2. The Massachusetts charter was canceled. The governor decided if and when the legislature could meet.
3. Royal officials accused of crimes were sent to Britain for trial. This let them face a more friendly judge and jury.
4. The Quartering Act forced colonist to quarter, or house and supply, British Soldiers.
5. Thomas Gage, became the new governor of
Massachusetts.

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BRITISH
• Sugar Act & Stamp Act
• Effort to gain money back from
French & Indian War
• Townshend Acts
• Effort to gain money from colonial trade. Taxed glass, lead, paint, paper and tea.
• Tea Act
• Removed taxes on everything but tea.
THE COLONIST
Reacted by…
• Boycotting British goods,
• Used Violence to frighten tax collectors
Reacted by…
• Boycotting British Goods
• Sons of Liberty attacked home of tax collectors
Reacted by…
• Boycotted British Tea
• Boston Tea Party
• Destroyed British Tea ships