Objective: To examine the events surrounding the Boston Massacre and Boston Tea Party. Mr. Bighead - Tensions Between the Colonists and the British – 1:24 Do Now: In what ways did Mercy Otis Warren and Samuel Adams protest against the British? Mercy Otis Warren published plays which made fun of the British. Samuel Adams organized a committee of correspondence, writing letters and pamphlets critical of Britain.

Quartering Act • The colonists had to provide candles, bedding, and beverages to British soldiers. • Because the New York assembly refused to obey the law, Britain dismissed the assembly. Gracie Mansion Late 18th Century Federal style Mansion, Official Residence of Mayor of New York.

Hey kid, I wouldn’t do that again if I were you! Boston Massacre 1) Boys began to throw ice at a British guard. Hey kid, I wouldn’t do that again if I were you!

2) A crowd soon grew large and rowdy. Boston Massacre 2) A crowd soon grew large and rowdy. 3) The British soldiers opened fire, killing five colonists, including Crispus Attucks, a black sailor active in the Sons of Liberty. America The Story of US Crispus Attucks, the First Martyr of the American Revolution, King (now State) Street, Boston, March 5th, 1770

* On the same day as the Boston Massacre, the Townshend Acts were repealed, except for the tax on tea!

Here we are, the British East India Company, with your tea shipment! Boy, oh boy, this tea boycott is killing my business! Ye Old Tea Shoppe

No way! I can’t even sell the tea I have now! Uproar Over Tea What? You can’t do that! What am I supposed to do with all of this tea? • Since the British continued their tax on tea, the colonists continued to boycott British tea. No way! I can’t even sell the tea I have now! Don’t ask me! It’s not my problem! • As a result of the colonial boycott on tea, the British East India Company lost a lot of money. • Therefore, Britain passed the Tea Act in 1773. Ye Old Tea Shoppe

Before the Tea Act Ye Old Tea Shoppe Tea $8 Tea $5

After the Tea Act Ye Old Tea Shoppe Tea $5

Tea Act (1773) • The British East India Company was allowed to sell tea directly to the colonists, bypassing the tea merchants. * Although they still paid the tea tax, the price of tea decreased. • If the price of tea decreased, why were the colonists angry? They were angry because… …tea merchants had been cut out of the tea trade. …they thought it was a trick to make the colonists accept the tea tax. In order to protest against the Tea Act, the Sons of Liberty organized the Boston Tea Party.

Boston Tea Party • Approximately 50 or 60 men, dressed as Native Americans, boarded three ships loaded with tea. • All of the tea was thrown overboard into the water.