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Boston Massacre

Boston Massacre Background British soldiers stationed in Boston to enforce Townsend Act Compete for jobs w/ colonists Fights often break out Colonists march on customs house in downtown Boston

The Massacre Colonists throw snowballs, rocks, and sticks at Soldiers guarding Customs House Shots fired into crowd 5 Colonists Die (Crispus Attucks was the first to be shot) Used as Propaganda by Sons of Liberty

Uneasy Calm 1770 - 1773 Townsend Acts repealed (except on tea) Trade resumes between colonies and England with the few taxes that remained, accepted Resistance moves underground Calm ends with Boston Tea Party

Boston Tea Party Background East India Tea Company faced bankruptcy Appeals to Parliament for assistance Granted a monopoly & tax exemption ‘Conspiracy theory’ ascribed to in colonies Immediate resistance Sale of East Indian Tea prevented Ships turned back, except Boston

Boston Tea Party (cont.) Mass. Governor orders no ship could leave port w/o unloading Resistance groups, lead by Sam Adams determined to prevent tea’s unloading ‘mohawked’ colonists board ships and dump the tea into the harbor (in full view of cheering crowd) British response-The Intolerable Acts

The Intolerable Acts March 1774 Parliament passes Coercive Acts: Port of Boston is closed British officers to be tried in England for major crimes Quartering Act modified and renewed Self-government greatly reduced in Mass.

The Intolerable Acts (cont.) The Quebec Act passed @ same time Extended Quebec province south to Ohio River Allowed French-Canadians own legal system as well as legality of Cath. Church Americans viewed this as way to limit westward expansion and destroy Protestantism

The Intolerable Acts (cont.) Intended to show the colonists that England still held authority Intended to divide and control the colonies, instead united and tempered Americans against the crown