Houghton Mifflin Social Studies
Chapter 10, Lesson 3: A New British Policy (pp. 247-253)
I. Britain Taxes the Colonies
B. Parliament passed the Townshend duties, and the colonists agreed to boycott.
C. Five colonists were killed by British soldiers in the Boston Massacre.
D. Patriots rebelled against the Tea Act by dumping tea into Boston harbor.
II. Colonists Begin to Unite
B. The First Continental Congress voted to stop all trade with Britain.
C. Colonists began to view themselves as "Americans."
D. More and more colonists thought Britain was a danger to their liberties.
Lesson at a Glance Outline
A. Parliament passed the Stamp Act but the colonists protested in anger.
A. Parliament passed the "Intolerable Acts" that ended town meetings, took away some power from the Massachusetts assembly, and closed Boston harbor.
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