Part Two

Boston in Turmoil

Video Clips to Start us off with:Rap Battle

“George Washington vs.

King George III

US History Crash Course –

Episode 6 “Taxes and Smuggling”

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Boston Massacre

-March 1770

-protests by colonists

-British troops fire on crowd

-5 colonists killed

Crispus Attucks -1st African American killed

-Most soldiers found not guilty

John Adams served as attorney for the soldiers

• One of five people killed in the Boston Massacre • Has been frequently

named as the first martyr of the American

Revolution• The only person killed in

the Boston Massacre whose name is

commonly remembered

Boston Tea Party

-tax on tea still remain in effect

-monopoly on tea given to one British company

-Dec. 1773 colonists raided Boston harbor and threw the tea overboard and burned the ships

• Sons of Liberty involved

• 365 chests of tea in harbor (worth millions)

• Dressed as Indians (Idea of Democracy)

Cool Site: Built Boston Tea Party & Harbor Cooperman Brick Foundry

Intolerable Acts

- In response to Boston’s actions

-Parliament passes Coercive Acts in reaction

-Colonists call it the Intolerable Acts

-closed Boston Harbor

-suspended basic civil rights

-housed troops in peoples’ homes

Breaking Point

- In response to the Intolerable Acts in early 1774.

- First Continental Congress was called in September of 1774.

- Meeting of representatives from all colonies to coordinate a protest against the crown.

The End of Part Two