The same date of the Boston Massacre the officials living with the colonists. Most of the tax was opted out which was on the Tea. Tea was very important drink in the colonists (aside rum and beer which was safe to drink ). The tax on tea was not that high, the new Tea Act of 1773 but it actually lowered…
Crispus Attucks was an African-American man killed during the Boston Massacre and thus believed to be the first casualty of the American Revolution.…
In 1768, the British sent troops to Boston to maintain order after the Townshend Acts. The patriots hated the redcoats, and constantly taunted them.…
According to Document 3, Account of the Boston Massacre, “A townsman with a cudgel struck him over the hands with such force…” This writing means that the colonists had clubs to fight back against the British and protect themselves. Although the British had much more powerful weapons, such as guns, the colonist were able to bring much harm to them as well. In Benjamin Edes’, Account of the Boston Massacre, a colonist “aimed a blow at the Captain’s head which grazed his hat and fell pretty heavy upon his arm”. A massacre is defined as an event where a large amount of people are killed and the victims cannot defend themselves. The fact that the colonists had clubs to defend themselves, proves the point that this event was not a massacre. As mentioned…
The Boston massacre was the first battle of the american revolution. Paul Revere wanted to get more people to be on their side so that they could go to war with Britain to gain their freedom. So that they didn’t have to by the tea that went along with the tea act passed by parliament.…
An event that took place on December 16, 1773. It was a protest to the British Parliament’s Tea Act of 1773. It was a bill designed to save the East India Company by greatly lowering its tea tax and raising the tea prices on Americans. The low tax allowed the East India Company to undercut tea smuggling into America to Dutch traders. Many colonists viewed this act as taxation tyranny. For the tea party, the colonists disguised themselves as Mohawk Indians.They boarded three British tea ships and dumped 342 chests of tea into the Boston Harbor. The three ships were the Dartmouth, the Eleanor, and the Beaver. As a result of the Boston Tea Party, the Coercive Acts were established by King George III. This led to the closure of importing and exporting…
Another area which must be discussed is the metropole responses to acts of resistance in the peripheries. W.A. Speck mentions some British politicians believed duty on Tea was ‘a symbol of parliamentary sovereignty over the colonies’ (Speck, 2015, p.32). It could be argued the reprisal policies following The Boston Massacre demonstrate the metropole believed they had a right to exercise they perceived superiority, as they considered the peoples in the peripheries as children. Measures such as the The Quartering Act could be seen as the metropole exercising to its parliamentary sovereign. As mentioned above, the colonists saw these polices by the metropole is unfair. From a British point of view the acts of resistance were not only caused disruption to profits, it is highly likely some politicians they saw the acts of resistance as…
Dear Billy Bob, it’s your cousin Samantha writing to ask you, how are you still a loyalist?Have you not heard about what has happened in Boston.One of the many laws that your king passed was the Quartering Act,this law allowed any troop to barge into your home with out your consent.Imagine having to provide for a stranger for as long as they liked while supporting yourself.Although this not all,an event called the Boston Massacre occurred on March 5th 1770.Gun shots and yelps were heard in the center of town,killing 5 colonists.This event caused an abundance of anger calling for the removal of troops in Boston.If you are still loyal to the king at this point here is another reason why you should become a patriot.The Tea Act was passed three…
In this unit, I had learned about various acts, enlightenment thinkers, the Boston Tea Party, etc. For this project, we had to create a pamphlet about independence. I talked about the Intolerable Acts, a series of acts created as an outcome of the Boston Tea Party which included The Quebec Act, The Massachusetts Government Act and The Quartering Act of 1774. These acts had negatively impacted the colonists as it took away the land which many of them had desired, political rights, individual rights and stature of nature, and it took away the colonists’ natural rights. These acts are some of the main reasons as to why the need for independence was high, as none of them resulted in a positive outcome (9g. The Intolerable Acts").…
Although there were many important topics covered throughout Chapter 7, I thought the most important was the Boston Massacre, and it has left a long lasting impression on history in America. On March 5, 1770, the redcoats began to be tormented by about sixty towns-people. Outnumbering a group of redcoats six to one, they threw snowballs, sticks, and stones at them, angry that an eleven-year-old boy had been shot during a protest ten days later. As a result to the towns-people's protest, the troops had to open fire, hurting or killing eleven people. The Boston Massacre caused many more fights and protests to break out around Boston, and the urge to be free from British rule.…
On March 5, 1770 a specific event took place that had impacted many lives. This event is known as the Boston Massacre. The Boston Massacre was considered to be a street fight that took place when a mob started to throw snowballs, stones and sticks at a squad of British soldiers. In the end, five colonists resulted in death. This was caused by the developing tensions in the American colonies that had been growing ever since the Royal troops had first appeared. I believe that the Boston Massacre was an act of self-defense. I say this because, the British soldiers’ lives were under threat and had to use equal force. In addition, a massacre is when many are killed and it consists of an innocent/defenseless side. In the Boston Massacre, both sides were not defenseless. This was not murder either because, this event was not planned or was meant to happen. The British soldiers weren’t intending to kill these colonists. Lastly, manslaughter wouldn’t be reasonable because, the British soldiers killed these colonists in act of defense/protection.…
Theodore Roosevelt, the 26th President of the United Sates, once said " Patriotism means to stand by the country. It does not mean to stand by the president or any other public official." The citizens of the United Sates of America have the right to protest enshrined to them in the 1st Amendment of our great constitution. Throughout history many have felt that the government has not had the peoples best interest in mind and have united peacefully to bring about change. These movements include the great Boston Tea Party, the Women's Suffrage Movement, and never could we forget Dr. Martin Luther King Jr.`s Civil Rights Movement.…
The Boston Massacre was a very significant event in American history. Although a single group cannot be blamed for the event in its entirety, the British soldiers should receive most of the blame. It should be noted, however, that the colonists did play a role in causing the incident.…
The Boston tea party is the most important event leading into the American Revolution because although some violence and destruction had happened already, this event was the one that directly challenged the King. Before the Boston tea party, most of the complaints were just talk. Also, this cost them a lot of money, almost 1 million dollars. They wasted a lot of tea, 342 containers. The reason they wasted so much tea was because they loved tea, and people of the time drank a lot of tea. Refusing to accept the King’s tax, was a direct insult to English rule, forcing the King to either back down or start a war.…
The Boston Tea Party was a significant event in the years leading up to the American Revolution. By 1773 tensions were mounting as British America’s relationship with Mother England became increasing strained. The British Empire has secured victory in the French and Indian Wars but had run up an incredible war debt. King George III and the British Government looked to taxing goods in the American colonies as a means to replenish its treasury. It was in this the passing of the Tea Act 1773 that ignited a standoff and brought the issue of taxation without representation in Parliament to head. As a result, the colonists took action and began overt revolt to British rule in the Americas (Boston Tea Party Historical Society). This paper will explore the incidents that led up to the Boston Tea Party and its impact on subsequent events leading up to the American Revolution.…