Colonial Resistance and Key Events in American History

Explore the growing colonial resistance during the Townshend Acts, the Writ of Assistance, the Boston Massacre, and the Boston Tea Party. Learn about key figures like Samuel Adams, John Adams, and Crispus Attucks who played significant roles in the fight against British taxation and injustice in the American colonies.

• Colonial Resistance
• American History
• Samuel Adams
• Boston Tea Party
• Townshend Acts

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1. Chapter 6 Section 2 Colonial Resistance Grows

2. Townshend Acts Plan passed by Parliament in 1767 to help raise revenue in the colonies

3. Writ of assistance Search Warrant (James Otis spoke out against this)

4. Samuel Adams Founder of the Sons of Liberty

5. Crispus Attucks African American killed by British soldiers in the Boston Massacre

6. Boston Massacre Conflict between colonists and British Soldiers in which five colonists were killed.

7. John Adams A cousin of Samuel Adams and a lawyer who defended the British soldiers involved in the Boston Massacre.

8. Committee of Correspondence A group that exchanged letters on colonial affairs with similar groups

9. Boston Tea Party Protest against the Tea Act in which colonists dumped British tea into Boston Harbor.