Please enable JavaScript.
Coggle requires JavaScript to display documents.
The Stamp Act, The Boston Massacre, The Townshend acts, The Boston Tea…
The Stamp Act
The colonists reacted to the Stamp of Act by protesting in refusing to pay taxes they also threatened tax collectors which lead them to quit their job. They also burned all the stamped papers in the streets.
-
-
-
The Boston Massacre
After the Boston Massacre, the colonists reestablished the committees of correspondence. These committees served the purpose of letting others throughout the colonies know about important events that were happening. The colonists were also more watchful over the British and their activities.
-
-
-
The Townshend acts
Riotous protest of the Townshend Acts in the colonies often invoked the phrase no taxation without representation. Colonists eventually decided not to import British goods until the act was repealed and to boycott any goods that were imported in violation of their non-importation agreement.
-
-
-
The Boston Tea Party
American colonists responded with protests and coordinated resistance by convening the First Continental Congress in September and October of 1774 to petition Britain to repeal the Intolerable Acts.
-
-
-
Lexington and Concord
The colonists were proud of the courage shown by the minutemen. The colonists stood up to the British at Lexington and Concord.
-
-
-
The Coercive Acts
-
The Intolerable Acts were aimed at isolating Boston, the seat of the most radical anti-British sentiment, from the other colonies. Colonists responded to the Intolerable Acts with a show of unity, convening the First Continental Congress to discuss and negotiate a unified approach to the British.
-
-
-
