Colonial Resistance Grows Do Now: How can art help us learn about the past? Do Now: How can art help us learn about the past?

Important Terms & People Terms specific to this unit: Writs of Assistance Townshend Acts Samuel Adams John Dickenson Daughters of Liberty Crispus Attucks Paul Revere Boston Massacre “redcoats” John Adams Language of the discipline: Liberty Massacre Significance

The Townshend Acts 1.New York could not pass any laws until it followed the Quartering Act 2.Passed new taxes in colonial ports on certain imports that the colonists could only legally buy from Britain (tea, paper, glass, red and white lead, painter’s colors) –W–Wanted to pay the salaries of governors and judges in the colonies 3. Gave British officers the right to use w ww writs of assistance (search warrants) to enter homes or businesses to search for smuggled goods

Liberty Song Dickenson wrote Letters from a Farmer in Pennsylvania as a protest to the Townshend Acts To reach colonists who could not read newspapers, he also used a popular song – Based it on another popular tune – First use of the phrase “united we stand, divided we fall” Dickenson viewed himself as a loyal and patriotic British subject – Made no arguments for independence

Women Protest the Townshend Acts: The Daughters of Liberty

Colonists unhappy about the Townshend Acts and mad that soldiers were working part-time to supplement their pay Group of colonists began throwing snowballs and rocks at a soldier guarding the customs house. Soldiers ordered to drive the protestors back with their bayonets. One slipped and his musket fired into the air The other soldiers began firing into the crowd 5 colonists killed, 6 wounded British soldiers were charged with murder. Defended by John Adams. March 5, 1770

Significance – Right to a fair trial – Britain's first attempt at using soldiers to control the colonists failed – Britain repealed the Townshend Acts, except the tax on tea

A Picture is Worth a Thousand Words Step #1: Divide the painting into four quadrants Step #2: Examine the details in each quadrant “What do I see?” “What does this tell me?” Step #3: Ask yourself, what is the artist’s message?

The Bloody Massacre

The Boston Massacre Inaccuracies: Inaccuracies: – Crispus Attucks is not in the engraving – Paul Revere “borrowed heavily” from a man named Henry Pelham

Multimedia Sources Colonial Revelers. “Liberty Song.” By John Dickenson and William Boyce. Down Among the Dead Men. Written 1798, Recorded The Townshend Acts and the Boston Massacre. Video Dialog, Video Segment. 22 October