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C. Respond verbally
D. Respond violently
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Chapter 5 The Spirit of
Independence (1763-1776)
Section 2 Building Colonial Unity
How did the colonists react to British
policies?
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
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
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
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
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
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Parliament repealed the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
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)
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
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
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
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
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
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
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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.
Chapter 5 Section 2 Quiz
Twenty colonists were killed
during the Boston Massacre.
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governors and the king.
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