Task
Analyze and interpret how colonial cartoons were used as form of public commentary.
Determine the effectiveness of Committees of Correspondence on spreading resistance.
Create an audio recording or Podcast representing your views during the time of the Tea Party.
OBJECTIVES
- Through the use of political cartoons, analyze perspectives on colonial resistance to British policies.
- Create a podcast to communicate the critical ideas disseminated by colonists through interpretation of primary source documents
- Trace events illustrating forms of resistance through the Boston Massacre and compare them to the Boston Tea Party.
(Courtesy of Library of Congress )
Print shows a mob pouring tea into the mouth of a Loyalist who has been tarred and feathered. Behind the group, on the right, is the "Liberty Tree" from which hangs a noose and a sign "Stamp Act" written upside down; on the left, revolutionaries on a ship pouring crates of tea into the water.