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The Boston Tea Party
Leimkuhler Productions
Colonial Resistance Grows
D o Now:1.Take out your editorials drafts (you
should have two).2.Read your most recent draft and
use the rubric for the editorial in your project packet to grade it. Use a pencil!
Taxing Tea
• The Townshend Acts were repealed, except the tax on tea.
• In 1773, Parliament Passed the Tea Act– Gave British East India Company a monopoly over
the tea trade – British tea was cheaper than the smuggled Dutch
tea
The Intolerable Acts
• Lord North was stunned by the news of the Boston Tea Party.
• King George agreed. “We must master them totally,” he declared, “or leave them to themselves and treat them as aliens.”
• Parliament to pass a new series of laws in 1774. – Designed to punish Massachusetts and
serve as a warning to the other colonies. – British called these acts the Coercive Acts,
but they were so harsh that the colonists called them the Intolerable Acts.
Reactions
• The colonies unite– Other colonies offered Massachusetts support– Committees of correspondence called for a
meeting of all the colonies.
The First Continental Congress• Who?– Representatives from all the colonies except Georgia
• When?– September 1774
• What?– Met for the First Continental Congress
• decided to ban all trade with Britain until the Intolerable Acts were repealed
• began to form militia
• Where?– Philadelphia
• Why?– In reaction to the Intolerable Acts
Lead Article• Lead articles include factual information about an event
– The 5 W’s• Does not contain opinion (but often has bias)• Include details and quotations• Accompanied by a picture• Written in third person. Does not mention “I,” “me,” or “we”
Your Task: Write a lead article about the Boston Tea Party or the Boston Massacre– You can use outside sources– 1 page typed (double-spaced) or 1 ½ pages handwritten