Colonial Resistance Grows – page 161

1. How did Crispus Attucks escape slavery? He ran away to sea

2. What happened to Crispus Attucks? Attucks was killed during the “Boston Massacre”

3. How did Parliament try to control the unruly colonists without angering the people with a new set of taxes? By issuing the “Declaratory Act”.

4. What did the Declaratory Act do? The Declaratory Act said the Parliament had the right to legislate for the colonies “in all cases whatsoever”

5. What was the purpose of the Declaratory Act? The Declaratory Act was meant to reassert (reinforce) Parliament’s control over all colonial affairs.

6. How did colonists respond to the Declaratory Act? Colonist ignored the Declaratory Act

7. What was the name of the finance minister who proposed a new set of duties to raise revenue in America? Charles Townshend was the Finance Minister

8. Year_____ Name of Act________________ The 1767 Townshend Acts

9. What did the Townshend Act place duties on? Glass Paper Lead Paint Tea

For every hundredweight avoirdupois of crown, plate, flint, and white glass, four shillings and eight pence. For every hundred weight avoirdupois of red lead, two shillings. For every hundred weight avoirdupois of green glass, one shilling and two pence. For every hundred weight avoirdupois of white lead, two shillings. For every hundred weight avoirdupois of painters colours, two shillings. For every pound weight avoirdupois of tea, three pence. For every ream of paper, usually called or known by the name of Atlas fine, twelve shillings....

10. What else did the Townshend Acts allow British officers to issue? British officers could issue “Writs of Assistance”

11. What were these “Writs of Assistance” similar to? Writs of Assistance were similar to search warrants.

12. What were the Writs of Assistance used for? Writs of Assistance were used to enter houses or shops to search for smuggled or illegal goods.

13. How did colonists respond to the Townshend Acts? Colonists protested throughout the colonies.

14. Why were the colonists angry about the Writs of Assistance? Colonists felt the Writs of Assistance went against their “natural rights”

15. Who was the English Philosopher who had defined “Natural Rights?” John Locke

16. What is the “law of nature” according to Locke? “No one ought to harm another in his life, health, liberty or possessions”