1. New Taxes and Tensions

2. The Story Continues Colonists happy that Stamp Act was repealed
Colonists still have problems with England

3. The Townshend Acts
Townshend Acts – taxes on imported glass, paint, paper and tea

4. The Townshend Acts
Writs of assistance – tax collectors can check for stolen/hidden goods
Colonists: “This violates our rights!!”

5. The Townshend Acts
Daughters of Liberty – women who supported boycotting, or not buying British goods
Abigail Adams

6. The Townshend Acts
“I hope we would sooner wrap ourselves in sheep and goatskin than buy English goods of a people who have insulted us in such a scandalous way.”
- Anonymous Daughter of Liberty

7. The Townshend Acts
A ship, The Liberty, is seized by a British tax collector on suspicion of smuggling

8. The Townshend Acts
Sons and Daughters of Liberty begin attacking British again
British send their troops over to restore order

9. The Boston Massacre British soldiers looked upon as the enemies
Boston Massacre - A fight breaks out between colonists and British soldiers and British soldiers shoot and kill American colonists

10. The Boston Massacre
propaganda –info giving only on one side of an argument
How could Americans use this event as Propaganda?

11. The Boston Massacre

12. The Boston Massacre British troops put on trial
Troops acted out of self defense
2 soldiers convicted of killing
and were branded on hand

13. The Tea Act
Tea Act - England ends all taxes except tax on tea because it is in such high demand

14. The Tea Act
Colonists do not like this act because they fear that British tea companies will put us out of business

15. The Tea Act
Sons of Liberty : “Tea ships in Boston harbor to leave ASAP”
BOSTON TEA PARTY - Colonists dressed as American Indians attack ships and dump 342 chests of tea in harbor

16. Tax on Tea

17. The Tea Act
The Boston Tea Party

18. The Intolerable Acts
Britain outraged!!!! They pass the Intolerable Acts:
Boston Harbor CLOSED until pay for tea
British officials accused of crimes sent to Britain for trial. Why???

19. The Intolerable Acts
3.QUARTERING ACT – colonists must house and feed British soldiers

20. The Intolerable Acts
British hoped that this would teach the colonies a lesson
It only made colonists angrier
Colonists come together to create a solution