AMERICAN REVOLUTION 2Townshend Duties through Boston Tea Party

Sons of Liberty

Job was to enforce the Non-importation Agreements by force if necessary

Forced Stamp Collectors to Resign Guy Fawkes Day

Wealthy colonists had to be able to control the mobs to be effective

Townshend Duties

Charley Townshend becomes the New Prime Minister

Townshend Duties in 1767 Tax on Manufactured goods Glass, lead, paper, paint, tea, etc Brings up debate on internal vs external

taxes Helps pay salary of colonial governors Colonists revived non-importation

agreements Repealed in 1770 except on Tea

The Boston Massacre

March 5, 1770 Crowd of 60 harassed the British soldiers

until they fired Killed and wounded 11 including Crispus

Attucks British were defended by John Adams Event was used as propaganda by Paul

Revere and Sam Adams against the British

Committees of Correspondence

Organized by Samuel Adams Main point was to spread the spirit of

rebellion throughout the colonies Lead to inter-colonial committees such

as Continental Congress

Tea

1773 British East India Company was facing bankruptcy had 17 million pounds of tea Granted them tea monopoly in colonies Lowered tea prices Principal was more important

Tea across the country was burned or sent back to England

Boston Tea Party—December 16, 1773

Intolerable Acts

Boston Port Act Closed Boston Harbor until paid for all the tea Charter rights withdrawn – no town meetings British officials sent to England for trial

Harsher Quartering Act Quebec Act

Set Canada up like when it was French, no juries, no legislatures, and with catholic churches

Boundary included Ohio River Valley Dangerous precedent Took Ohio River Valley from the colonists