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What Caused The Boston Massacre
Have you ever wanted to know what read about what really happened in the Boston Massacre. It all started in Boston one fateful day. The British came to Boston and the people of Boston were not happy about it. By examining the boston massacre and the causes of it, It is clear that this was an important part in the revolutionary war.

the Boston Massacre was that many of the colonist were upset by the fact that they had to share a house with a british soldier. This was called the quartering act. This was a start up leading to the Boston Massacre.Eventually the colonist didn't like the fact that they had to share a house with a british soldier and so they said that they were done with them being in their houses. So one night the british decided to set up the camp site in the middle of town, in the square.This made the colonist very very mad. Another one of the causes of the
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One snowy night in town square there stood the british. The colonist were so mad that they started to throw stuff. Snowballs,trash, etc... the british were starting to get really mad. But captain Thomas Preston said “HOLD YOUR FIRE”?.But solider Hugh Montgomery fired a shot, and everyone freaked out.captain Preston kept saying hold your fire,but it was too late. Everybody was already going crazy till everything went silent.People were injured and dead. People were devastated loved ones dead. Nobody really knows what happened after this we believe that 5 people died and 7 were injured.(history.com)

After the boston massacre came even more taxes are boycotts of british goods. After this event also came the boston tea party. In this event colonist came dressed as mohawks and poured tea overboard from the ship that it was on. This was actually a form of protestation against british goods. One of the other reasons is that the cost for tea became high. In result of this the american colonies started to smuggle tea from the dutch and other european

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