PPT-Boston Massacre and Tea Party

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. A cannon . or large . gun.. Minuteman . a member of the colonial militia who was trained to respond . “. at a minute’s warning”. The Boston . T. ea . P. arty . The Boston tea party. . Objective: Students will examine the Boston Tea Party as an event that led up to the American revolution and consider both sides of the conflict.. Author: Pamela Duncan Edwards. Boston Tea Party. G.P. Putnam’s Sons, NY, 2001. The Boston Tea Party of . December 16, 1773. , took place when a group of Massachusetts Patriots, protesting the . monopoly. on American tea importation recently granted by Parliament to the East India Company, seized . 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. L/O – To identify the key features and to analyse the reasons for the 1989 massacre. Key Figures. Zhao . Ziyang. – 7. th. General Secretary of Communist Party. Hu . Yaobang. - 6. th. General Secretary of Communist Party. THE STAMP ACT. THE TOWNSHEND ACTS. THE BOSTON MASSACRE. 4. THE BOSTON TEA PARTY. 1. THE STAMP ACT. The British introduced a tax on legal documents such as wills etc.. Americans were . furious. to think that a ruler who lived 5,000 km away could tax them in this way.. 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 . By: Chanelle LeBlanc . Who? When? Where?. British colonists. 1773. Boston . What caused this event?. The British were in serious need of money. . Tea was very popular and they believed that they could get more money from the sale of it. . Empire unbound. Michael Organ. 30 March 2016. 28 April 1770, off Woonona Point. Botany Bay. 29 April 1770. “Warra . warra. . wai. !”. GO AWAY!. Cook’s Secret Instructions - 30 July 1768. You are . 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. 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?. 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 .