Today we will…

Discuss how a dispute over tea led to tension between the colonists and the British governmentDescribe how Parliament struck back at the people

of Boston

1. Paper from the table2. Take out HW

The _______________ of _____ was meant to keep colonists from crossing the Appalachian Mountains.

The _______________ Act put a tax on molasses.

The _______________ Act required colonists to pay a tax on legal documents (marriage papers, diplomas, and wills).

The _______________ Acts taxed goods such as glass, paper, and tea.

Let’s Review…

PROCLAMATION of 1763SUGARSTAMP

TOWNSHEND

Legal documents known as writs of assistance allowed customs officials to inspect a ship’s cargo without giving a _______________ .

Quartering Act - Port cities such as NY and Boston had to now provide hosing, bedding, beverages to soldiers stationed in the colonies.

Angry colonists protested the taxes on March 5, 1770. The _______________ ended with 5 colonists shot and killed.

REASON

BOSTON MASSACRE

___ ___ defended the British soldiers in court.

Sam Adams formed a committee of correspondence – members of the committee regularly wrote letters and pamphlets reporting to other colonies on events in Massachusetts

Result of the Boston Massacre

JOHN ADAMS

Colonial ___ of taxed goods forced British Parliament to repeal most of the taxes AND the Quartering Act

Colonists were pleased with the news…HOWEVER…

The king of England left the TAX ON TEA to ensure they had the right to tax

A Win for the Colonies???

Let’s find out what happens

next…

BOYCOTT

By 1770, at least 1,000,000 colonists brewed tea 2x/day

Most of the tea was brought to the colonies by the EAST INDIA COMPANY.

It’s a Tea Thing…

East India Co. buys tea in Asia

Sold tea to the colonists at a

higher price than what they paid

for it

Sold to colonial tea merchants

Parliament passed the Tea

Act, which allowed the East India Co. to sell directly to

the colonists

Many colonists stopped buying British tea to

protest the tax

This made the tea less expensive for colonists to buy

Predictions…Do the colonists start buying tea

again?

3 ships loaded with tea pulled into Boston harbor in November 1773

Sam Adams and the

Sons of Liberty had a plan…On December 16th, they sent a letter to the governor of

Mass. demanding the ships leave the harbor

The governor denied the request, prompting Sam

Adams to say…

“This meeting can do nothing further to save the country”

The disguised colonists left the meetinghouse and boarded the

ships

They split open the chests and dumped 342 chests of tea into the harbor

Adams words were a signal, prompting a group of men (disguised as Indians) to burst into the

meetinghouse

“Boston harbor a teapot tonight!

The Mohawks are come”!

Effect of the Boston Tea PartyIn response to the Boston Tea Party, British Parliament passed

the Intolerable Acts because they were so harsh…

Port of Boston

closed until colonists

paid for the destroyed tea New Quartering

Act – colonists had to house

soldiers

Customs officials

charged with crimes would

be tried in Britain or CanadaLimit on

Mass. town meetings (1/year)

Help from Other ColoniesThe committee of correspondence

spread news of the Intolerable Acts to the other colonies

Other colonies provided food for Boston colonists

12 colonies (not Georgia) sent delegates to Philadelphia

(First Continental Congress) in 1774

Backed Mass…boycotted all British goods until the Intolerable Acts were repealed

and urged colonies to train a militia (army of citizens in emergency)

SC provided rice

VA provided corn

PA provided flour

ENGRAVING SHOWING TEA PARTY

Your Engraving of the BOSTON TEA PARTY Must:

Fill the pageInclude ColorHave 50 Words of TextNo Stick FiguresPortray 3 FACTS about the TEA PARTYUtilize at least 1 incidents of PROPOGRANDA

You have been inspired by PAUL REVERE! You have now decided to create an engraving of the events that become known as the

BOSTON TEA PARTY. Your engraving will be distributed throughout the colonies and will tell the story of the event to all

the American colonists throughout the 13 colonies.

Johnny Tremain is a 1943 children's historical novel set in Boston prior to

and during the outbreak of the American Revolution

Fictional AND historical characters

Samuel Adams - Political leader of the Revolutionary forces. He

wrote numerous pamphlets inciting and inspiring the

revolution.

Johnny Tremain - 14 years old and is apprenticed to silversmith. His hand was badly injured by an accident, therefore he could no longer work in the silversmith

business.

Johnny Tremain is a 1957 film made based on the 1943 novel

Watch the clip of the Boston Tea

Party