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.
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
site of the strengthen anti-
Boston
Massacre
British feelings in
America.
 After the Massacre
 The Boston Massacre led to even
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 Parliament repealed all the Townshend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
 One British tea company
was excused from paying
taxes on tea.

 This meant they could

sell it cheaper than
colonial merchants could.

 Bostonians were furious

over the special
treatment.
The Boston Tea Party
 On December 16,
1773, the Sons of
Liberty disguised as
Indians boarded
three British East
India Tea Company
ships.

 At midnight, they
threw 342 chests of
tea overboard.
 The Intolerable Acts
 In the Spring of 1774,
Parliament passed the
Coercive Acts to punish
Boston.
1. Boston harbor closed.
2. No meeting in Boston.
3. No trials in Boston.
4. More British soldiers.

 Angry colonists renamed

the rules The Intolerable
Acts.
King George
III