1. New Taxes and Tensions
Chapter 6 - Section 4

2. Townshend Acts PURPOSE? To pay for military costs - Glass - Lead
- Paint
- Paper
- Tea
PURPOSE? To pay for military costs

3. Writs of Assistance - Allowed officials to search for smuggled goods
COLONISTS REACTION
Boycotted goods
Daughters of Liberty –
Women that supported the boycotts
Soldiers arrived from England to restore order

4. The Boston Massacre British soldier got into a fight with a colonist
Crowd gathered and began taunting (throwing snowballs) at soldiers
A shot rang out from somewhere and troops opened fire
5 colonists were killed

5. Propaganda - Information giving one side of an argument

6. East India Company could sell directly to the colonies
A Tax on Tea
East India Company could sell directly to the colonies
Merchants were upset and feared a monopoly
Monopoly- when a company or individual has complete control over a product

7. Boston Tea Party Sons of Liberty demanded the tea ships leave Boston
Governor Hutchinson refused until they paid tax on the tea
Colonists dressed as
Indians
Dumped 342 tea chests
into Boston harbor

8. The Intolerable Acts Boston Harbor closed until they paid for the tea
Massachusetts legislature couldn’t meet
British officials were put on trial in England
Quartering Act- Colonists forced to feed
and provide shelter for British soldiers
General Thomas Gage was Governor of Massachusetts

9. Mercy Otis Warren
Wrote plays making fun of the British to rise support