Colonial Resistance Grows One American’s Story
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One American’s Story In your own words, describe what this section is about: A man of African American and Native American descent found himself as a victim in the Boston Massacre even though as a citizen he needed to run away to the sea to escape slavery. The Townshend Acts Are Passed After the uproar over the ____Stamp_______ ____Act____, Britain hoped to __avoid___ further ____conflict______. Even so, it still needed to _raise__ _money___ to pay for troops and other ___expenses_________ in America. The ___Quartering_________ Act was not working. Most of the British army was in ____New____ ___York______, and New York saw that as an unfair burden. Its assembly refused to pay to house the troops. The king’s finance minister, ____Charles________ _____Townshend____, told Parliament that he had a way to raise revenue in the colonies. So in 1767, Parliament passed his plan, known as the ____Townshend_______ ____Acts______. The first of the Townshend Acts __suspended_______ New York’s _____assembly__________ until New Yorkers agreed to _____provide_______ housing for the troops. The other acts placed __duties__, or _import__ ____taxes____, on various goods brought into the colonies, such as, ___glass_____, ___paper_____, ____paint___, ____lead_______, and tea. Townshend thought that duties, which were collected ____before_____ the goods entered the colonies, would __anger_____ the colonists less than the direct taxes of the Stamp Act. The money raised would be used to pay the __salaries______ of British governors and other __officials_______ in the colonies. To __enforce______ the acts, British officers would use ____writs______ _of__ ___assisstance________, or ___search__ ____warrants_____. to enter homes or businesses to search for _____smuggled_______ goods. The Reasons for Protest Protests immediately broke out at news of the Townshend Acts. New Yorkers were _angry___ that their __elected____ assembly had been _____suspended_____. People throughout the colonies were upset that Britain was placing new taxes on them. “The issue,” said __John______ __Dickinson_____, an important Pennsylvania lawyer was “whether Parliament can ___legally_______ take ___money___ out of our __pockets_____ without our ___consent_____.” He explained his opposition to the Townshend Acts in essays called Letters from a Farmer in Pennsylvania published in 1767. What was the main idea that John Dickinson was trying to explain in A Voice From The Past? John Dickinson was trying to explain that by taxing the colonies Britain was, in effect, taking away their property. This goes against their rights. The colonists were also __angry___ about the __writs_____ of___assisstance__________. Many believed, as James Otis had argued that the __writs_____ went against their ___natural___ __rights____. These rights had been described by English philosopher __John___ __Locke___ during the __Enlightenment________. The law of ___nature_____, said Locke, teaches that “_no_ _one__ ought to __harm____ another in his __life___, __health_____, ___liberty_____, or ____possessions_________.” The colonists felt that the Townshend Acts were a serious threat to their rights and freedoms. Tools of Protest What did the colonists do to protest? The colonists boycotted British goods. The Daughters of Liberty get colonial women to weave their own cloth and use American products. The Boston Massacre Explain what you see in this engraving that appeared in the Boston Gazette: The engraving shows British soldiers firing upon unarmed, peaceful citizens. Who defended the British soldiers? Why did h  e say he did this?
John Adams defended the British soldiers. He did so because the law should be “deaf…to the clamours of the populace.” And to prove law governed the colonies. The Tea Act What was the committees of correspondence? What did they hope to achieve? A group committed to writing letters to keep each other informed of colonial affairs. Why were colonists angry over the Tea Act? Colonists would now have no choice which tea to buy and would be forced to pay a tax. The Boston Tea Party Explain what you see in this picture of the Boston Te  a Party:
Native Americans and colonists dumping chests of tea into the harbor and taking chests of tea off of the ship. What would happen as a result of the Boston Tea Party? Britain not only wanted repayment for the tea but those responsible to be brought to justice. Directory: cms -> lib6 -> PA01000466 -> Centricity -> ModuleInstance -> 7150 7150 -> Chapter 5 Section 3 Assessment 7150 -> Chapter 6 Review Why did the Proclamation of 1763 anger 7150 -> Terms & Names Ally: a country that agrees to help another country achieve a common goal. Marquis de Laffayette 7150 -> Terms & Names Treaty of Paris 1783 ModuleInstance -> Robber Baron or Captain of Industry ModuleInstance -> Sets goals of the state glorifies aims justifies doctrine 7150 -> Terms & Names George Washington 7150 -> Chapter 6 Vocabulary King George III: The British Monarch of the colonies 7150 -> Colonies Test Review 7150 -> Terms & Names Lord Cornwallis: The General in charge of the British forces in the South. Geurrilas Download 26.61 Kb. Share with your friends:
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