us history ch 6.4
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U.S. History
Chapter 6: Conflicts in the ColoniesSection 4: New Taxes & Tensions
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The Townshend Acts
•Townshend Acts (June 1767):
–Glass–Lead–Paint–Paper–Tea
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The Townshend Acts
•Purpose: pay for military costs & salaries of colonial governors
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The Townshend Acts
•Writes of assistance—special search warrants that allowed tax collectors to search for smuggled goods
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The Townshend Acts
•Boycotts
•Legislatures supported protests
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The Townshend Acts
•Daughters of Liberty: women’s groups that met to sew, support boycotts of British goods & discuss politics
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The Townshend Acts
• Liberty seized for smuggling
• Owned by John Hancock
• Supported by Sons of Liberty
John Hancock
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•Customs houses attacked
•Massachusetts legislature broken up
•Troops brought in to restore order
The Townshend Acts
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The Boston Massacre
•The Boston Massacre took place after a British guard argued with colonists.
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The Boston Massacre
•Propaganda—stories and images designed to support a particular point of view
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The Boston Massacre
• Soldiers charged w/ murder
• Lawyers: John Adams & Josiah Quincy
• 7 not guilty, 2 guilty of accidental murder
John Adams
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A Tax on Tea
•British repeal most of Townshend Acts
•Tax on tea kept in place
•Problem: Smuggling
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A Tax on Tea
•British East India Company proposes a solution:
–Sell tea directly to colonists
–Charge low prices
–Cheap tea = less smuggling = more taxes paid
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A Tax on Tea
•1773: Tea Act enacted
•Colonists become worried
•November 1773: Three ships arrive in Boston Harbor
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A Tax on Tea
•The Boston Tea Party encouraged colonists in other cities to destroy tea shipments.
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The Intolerable Acts
• Intolerable Acts (1774):
–Boston Harbor closed
–Massachusetts charter cancelled
–Royal official accused of crimes sent to Britain for trial
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The Intolerable Acts
•Quartering Act
•General Thomas Gage made governor Gen. Thomas Gage