Chapter 5 Section 2 notes

• 1768- British sent officers to colonies in fear of rebellion.
• March 5, 1770 the Boston Massacre took place, fight British vs. Colonists, 5 died
• Colonial leaders used killing as propaganda against British
• Boston Massacre lead to stronger boycotts
• 1772, Adams revived the Boston committee of correspondence to organize protests
• 1773- Tea Act
•  Made the compony able to send tea to the colonies without paying the usual taxes. 
• December 16, 342 boxes of tea were thrown into the Boston Harbor by Son of Liberty dressed as Mohawks
• 1774- Coercive acts
• Made to punish colonist
• closed Boston Harbor
• Colonists here forces to shelter soldiers
• The Quebec acts
• it gave religious freedom to French Canadian Catholics
• All the new laws were knew by the colonists as the Intolerable Acts.