Chapter 6 section 2 Townshend Acts Parliaments problem How do we keep colonists happy How do we raise revenue Pass the Townshend Acts of course Named after Charles Townshend This guy ID: 709359
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Colonial Resistance Grows
Chapter 6, section 2Slide2
Townshend Acts
Parliament’s problem…
How do we keep colonists happy?
How do we raise revenue?Pass the Townshend Acts of course!(Named after Charles Townshend)
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Townshend
Acts
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Townshend ActsSuspend New York’s colonial government (until they agree to house troops)Placed duties on imported goods
Glass, paper, paint, lead, tea, etc.Money paid BEFORE goods entered coloniesUsed to pay British governor and other officers
Officials used writs of assistance to enforce law
Search warrants for homes and businesses Slide4
Colonial Response
Protests immediately broke out
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ngry that New York Assembly was out of officeDid not like writs of assistanceThreats to rights and freedomsSons of Liberty – led boycottAsked shopkeepers not to sell goods from England
Daughters of Liberty – boycott as wellHad to make items like clothing at home
Samuel Adams
Daughters of LibertySlide5
Boston Massacre
1768 – 1,000 British soldiers arrive in Boston
Tensions rose immediately
March 5, 1770 – argument breaks out, turns violentBritish troops open fire on colonists4 colonists killedSons of Liberty call it
Boston MassacreIncident became tool for anti-British propagandaBritish soldiers arrested for murder but set free
Crispus
AttucksSlide6
Tea Act
1770 – Townshend Acts repealed…
Except for one… The tax on tea.
Boycott was effectiveBritish commerce hurtWanted to show colonists that they would be nice to them but still had power to tax1773 – Tea Act
Only tea allowed in colonies must be sold be British East India Trading CompanySlide7
In Response…
Colonists establish
Committees of Correspondence
Groups that exchanged letters on colonial affairsProtests took place all over coloniesSouth CarolinaNew YorkBoston Tea Party
Sons of LibertyDress up like nativesBoard 3 tea ships and dump 342 chests of tea
British response would fan the flames for rebellion… …to be continued