PPT-Boston Massacre Dossier

Crime Scene and Primary Sources Setting the Stage As you watch the following video take some notes on the physical environment of the site of the massacre and look and listen to the people portrayed. The situation in Boston grew tenser by the day. Local skirmishes between townspeople and British soldiers (redcoats) increased in frequency as did belligere nce toward British soldiers. Rumors aboun 1 .) Who was the Redcoat captain? A. Hugh White B. John Goldfinch C. Hugh Montgomery D. Thomas Preston 2.) What word probably DOES NOT describe the Boston Massacre? A. Tense B. Scary C. Violent D. A CAUSE OF THE REVOLUTION. BUT SHOULD IT HAVE BEEN??. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YcDoN-KEiKQ. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Iyrv5emDC1Y&feature=related. Your dilemma…. You are an apprentice in Paul Revere’s shop in. The Boston Massacre. On the morning. of March 5, 1770, 9 British Soldiers gathered . near King Street.. Lieutenant. . Goldfinch was very upset with a local. colonists who was claiming that the Lieutenant had not paid a bill that . Colonial Resistance Grows. Townshend Acts. Plan passed by Parliament in 1767 to help raise revenue in the colonies. Writ of assistance. Search Warrant. (James Otis spoke out against this). Samuel Adams. Primary Content Source: From Colonies to Country by Joy Hakim.. Images as cited.. The Boston Massacre. . Samuel Adams. was an agitator and an organizer who helped start a revolution. . John Adams . Getting’ Rowdy in Boston!. Colonists VERY upset with . British.. News of the protests got to Parliament!. British . wanted to get colonists under control.. Sent troops to occupy colonial cities.. Troops cause trouble. the . Colonists. Section 5.2. 8.22 . Analyze the social, political and economic causes of the American Revolution and the major battles, leaders and events including: The Boston Massacre, The Boston Tea Party, The Intolerable Acts, Samuel Adams, and Paul Revere.. Reasons for Taxation. British Tax Laws. Colonial Response. Pay for Army. Pay for War Debt (French and Indian). Sugar Act. Stamp Act. Committees of Correspondence. Boycott. Sons of liberty. NEW TAXES & TENSIONS. The . Event . On . October 1, 1768, two regiments of British troops—the 14. th . and 29. th. —arrived in Boston. Many Bostonians were no longer content to . pay taxes . to a country that did not allow them a say in the approval of those taxes. The troops had been sent to Boston to maintain order in . It has been two and a half years since the latest taxes on tea, paint, lead, and glass. The year is 1770. During this time, the colonists are not blaming the king…they blame Parliament. Was it a lull in the buildup OR the calm before the storm?. APUSH - Spiconardi. Do Now. Define massacre. Discuss your definition with the person sitting next to you.. Massacre. . . the act or an instance of killing a number of usually helpless or unresisting human beings under circumstances of atrocity or . The Liberty . The colonists were . outraged. when the British seized a ship owned by John Hancock called . The Liberty. . . The British believed that the ship was being use to . smuggle. in goods that would be . By: Brooke Symkoviak. After the French And Indian War. Why did the British create new tax laws for the colonists?. Pay for the troops. Colonists were banned from making their own money. “No taxation without representation”.