Building Colonial Unity

Chapter 5, Section 2

Chapter 5 - Road to Independence

Section 1 – Taxation Without Representation

Section 2 – Building Colonial Unity

Section 3 – A Call to Arms

Section 4 – Moving Toward Independence

Chapter 5 Review

Chapter 5 Test

Main Idea

As tensions between

colonists and the British

government increased,

protests grew stronger.

Workbook

3. List three different ways Boston was punished for the tea party protest.

Tensions Grow in Boston

In the summer of 1768,

Britain sent hundreds of

soldiers to Boston to

maintain order and

discourage protesting.

Bostonians and British

soldiers clashed.

The Boston Massacre

In March 1770, British

soldiers fired at a mob of

angry colonists, killing five.

Leaders in Boston used

the incident in Boston as

propaganda to strengthen

anti-British feelings in

America.

After the Massacre

The Boston Massacre led to

stronger boycotts of British goods.

Sam Adams started “committees

for correspondence” to circulate

writings about colonists’

complaints against Britain.

Parliament repealed all the

Townshend Acts taxes – except

the tax on tea.

A Crisis Over Tea

The British East India tea

company was excused from

paying taxes on tea.

This meant they could sell

tea cheaper than colonial

merchants could.

Bostonians were furious over

the special treatment.

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The Boston Tea Party

On December 16, 1773,

the Sons of Liberty

disguised as Mohawk

Indians boarded three

British East India Tea

Company ships.

At midnight, they opened

342 chests of tea and

dumped it into the

Boston Harbor.

The Intolerable Acts

In the Spring of 1774, Parliament

passed the Coercive Acts to punish

Boston.

1. Boston harbor closed.

2. No town meetings in Boston.

3. No trials in Boston.

4. More British soldiers in Massachusetts.

Angry colonists referred to the

harsh rules The Intolerable Acts.