1. Chapter 6-2

2.  Colonists saw British efforts to increase control over colonies as VIOLATION OF THEIR RIGHTS  Many Colonists ORGANIZED TO OPPOSE British policies

3.  Townshend Acts – 1767 – ◦ Parliament tax imports – glass, paper, paint, lead, tea ◦ Writs of assistance – British allowed search warrants to enter homes suspected of smuggling ◦ COLONISTS ANGRY –  More taxes!  Invasion of their rights!

5. Colonies Unite for Common Cause

6.  Daughters of Liberty – urge colonists to weave own cloth instead of buy British  Boston Gazette – urged no violence  Samuel Adams – leader of Boston Sons of Liberty :We will destroy every soldier that dare put his foot on shore... I look ‘upon them as foreign enemies!”

7. 1768 “Redcoats” arrived in Boston March 3, 1770 Boston Massacre Colonists surrounded soldiers – insults – soldiers fear and shot into crowd – killed 5 colonists – OUTRAGE John Adams defended British soldiers – felt everyone entitled to a fair trial – jury acquitted on self-defense

8.  Townshend acts repealed – boycott worked  But Parliament kept Tea Tax – to show in control  Again Colonists boycott  Tea Act 1773 – one company has exclusive rights to sell tea in colonies - East India Tea Company  Colonists angy with Parliament interfence

9.  Samuel Adams – urged colonists to establish communication & unity  Soon towns in Massachusetts, New York, South Carolina & Rhode Island  Holding secret letters and meetings on resistance efforts

10. December 16, 1773 Colonists disguised as Native Americans boarded tea ships in Boston Harbor Destroyed 324 tea chest and threw into harbor Parliament repealed Tea Act