1. THE SPIRIT OF INDEPENDENCE
CHAPTER 5 LESSON 2
UNITING THE COLONIES

2. CHAPTER 5 LESSON 2 – UNITING THE COLONIES
IN 1768 THE COLONIES WERE ON THE BRINK OF REBELLION AGIANIST THE BRITISH
THE BRITISH SEND TROOPS TO ENFORCE BRITISH AUTHORITY.
TENSION IN THE STREETS
VIOLENCE BROKE OUT IN BOSTON
BOSTON MASSACRE
MOB RIOT TURN INTO A CONFRONTATION WITH BRITISH TROOPS WHICH FIRED INTO THE CROWD
KILLED FIVE COLONIST – THE FIRST WAS CRISPUS ATTUCKS
WHAT CAUSED THE MASSACRE
ANGER OVER TAXES ON THE COLONIST
TROOPS SENT TO OCCUPY CITIES
RUDE & VIOLENT BEHAVIOR OF THE SOLDIERS
SOLDIERS STEALING FROM SHOPS AND COMPETING FOR JOBS
SPREADING THE NEWS
COLONIAL LEADERS USE THE BOSTON MASSACRE AS PROPAGANDA
COMMITTES OF CORESPONDENCE
BOYCOTTS LEAD THE BRITISH TO REMOVE THE TROOPS REPEAL THE TOWNSHEND ACTS EXCEPT ON TEA

3. CRISIS IN BOSTON A TEA PARTY
THE BRITISH EAST INDIA COMPANY WAS VITAL TO THE BRITISH ECONOMY
To help the company the British government(parliament) passed the TEA ACT
The Tea Act made the East India Company into a Monopoly
The colonist did not want to be told what tea they could buy
The colonist boycotted the tea and tried to stop the East India Company from unloading the tea.
A TEA PARTY
COLONIST BOARDED TEA SHIPS IN BOSTON HARBOR AND THROW 342 CHESTS OF TEA OVERBOARD
THE BRITISH VOWED TO PUNISH BOSTON FOR THE TEA PARTY
THE COERCIVE ACTS OR WHAT THE COLONIST CALLED THEM INTOLERABLE ACTS
CLOSED THE PORT OF BOSTON UNTIL THE TEA WAS PAID FOR
COLONIST WERE FORCED TO QUARTER TROOPS IN THE HOMES
BANNED TOWN MEETINGS IN MASS. AND CLOSED THE MASS GENERAL ASSEMBLY
THE QUEBEC ACT
THE COLONIST BELIEVED THESE LAWS VIOLATED THEIR RIGHTS AS ENGLISH CITIZENS.