Today’s Target: Explain why & how the colonists organized to protest British policies

Read, “Daily Life, The Colonial Marketplace” p. 162 What is a boycott? How might this force the parliament to respond? Can it be effective? What does it take to organize a boycott?

Write Today’s Target: Explain why & how the colonists organized to protest British policies

Quietly review Ch. 6 Vocabulary

CAUSE EFFECTS Ch. 6.2 Colonial Resistance Grows After Stamp Act uproar, Parliament wants to exert control but also avoid conflict Still in need of revenue, Parliament taxes imports with the Townshend Acts Women form a protest group called the Daughters of Liberty 3. Parliament passes the Declaratory Act in 1766 with no new taxes People in Boston boycott British goods Colonial leaders urge colonists to avoid violence

Ch. 6.2 Colonial Resistance Grows Following the Townshend Acts, British officials fear unrest 4. Colonists’ anger increases; Pamphlets, newspapers, and posters spread anti-British propaganda Colonists become more angry – even those who wanted peace 5. Tension erupts into violence – the Boston Massacre leaves 5 dead Britain sends more troops to the colonies

Here are two headlines: “British Redcoats Massacre Unarmed Protesters” “Angry Mob Attacks Royal Soldiers” How could they both refer to the same event?

The “Massacre” became a symbol of British tyranny throughout the colonies or ? Paul Revere, Master of Propaganda

The “Massacre” became a symbol of British tyranny throughout the colonies Paul Revere, Master of Propaganda View, “Boston Massacre” unsolved mysteries clip Read p. 163

Quietly review Ch. 6 Vocabulary

Read “Economic Interference”, p. 164

Ch. 6.2 Colonial Resistance Grows Parliament repeals the Townshend Acts but keeps a tax on tea 6. The Sons of Liberty organize the Boston Tea Party Parliament passes the Tea Act 7. British tea companies lose money as their product goes unused Angry colonists smuggle tea from Holland 8. Colonists react with anger – become more united in opposition to British laws

Primary Source “It is inseparably essential to the freedom of a people, and the undoubted rights of Englishmen, that no taxes should be imposed on them, but with their own consent, given personally, or by their representation.” - from the Declaration of Rights of the Stamp Act Congress 1)Why did colonists use ordinary household item to carry a political message? 2) What is essential to freedom?

1. What were reasons for colonial protests? 6.2 Colonial Resistance Grows TaxesTownshend Acts Various threats to rights & freedoms “Writs of Assistance” (Search Warrants) Taxed almost everything! “No Taxation Without Representation” Political Rights Economic Freedoms Personal Liberties By late 1760s, British govt affect all areas of colonists’ lives!

2. What were the tools of colonial protests? 6.2 Colonial Resistance Grows Peaceful Demonstrations Boycotts Sons of Liberty Daughters of Liberty Protests in the streets Riots & other more violent actions

Causes 1. Boston MassacreEffects Townshend Acts & other taxes Five colonists killed, controversial trial of British soldiers Anti-British propaganda campaign Became a symbol of British tyranny

2. Tea Act CausesEffects British effort to: control the American tea trade (established a monopoly) Widespread protests, Boston Tea party Passage of the Intolerable Acts (Coercive Acts) by Parliament

1.Your opinion of the Boston Tea Party: A just or unjust protest? 2.Supporting reasons a. b. c.