Colonial Resistance Lesson

Especially in Boston

Massacre

The most troops

Sam Adams

1773

Wanted to help the British East India Company

Allows British East India Company to Ship Tea Directly to the Colonies.

Tea would be taxed but the price of the tea went down.

Smuggled tea was no longer cheaper than British Tea.

Boycott Tea

Sons of Liberty growing becoming more active

Sons of Liberty dressed as Indians threw 45 tons of tea into Boston Harbor

Britain is outraged and will pass a series of laws so severe that they are known the Intolerable Act

The Port Act

Administaration of Justice Act

Massachusetts Government Act

The New Quartering Act

Severely Punishes Boston Economically

Other Colonies will sympathize with them

No longer just Boston Malcontents

Military Government is put in place in Boston and Massachusetts

Colonists must provide housing for British Soldiers

Now Colonists may be required to house soldiers in their homes if necessary

Governor could move trials out of Massachusetts and even to Britain to ensure a "fair" trial.

Continental or Colonial leaders met in Philadelphia in 1774

This becomes known as the first Continental Congress

Petitioned the king to repeal the Intolerable Acts

Organized boycotts

Begin training militias

Agree to meet again in May of 1775