SETTLING NORTH AMERICA 1497 1732
THE 13 COLONIES LIFE IN EARLY AMERICA
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[CLICK ON ANY CHOICE TO KNOW THE RIGHT ANSWER]
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True
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False
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Either A or B
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None of the above
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Detailed explanation-1: -What caused the Boston Massacre? The cause of the Boston Massacre had to do with taxation without representation. In addition to this, British troops had been sent to Boston to enforce tax laws and the colonists resented the British troops.
Detailed explanation-2: -The Stamp Act of 1765 was the first internal tax levied directly on American colonists by the British Parliament.
Detailed explanation-3: -In late 1767, Parliament passed the Townshend Acts, which taxed the colonists on purchases of British lead, glass, paint, paper, and tea.
Detailed explanation-4: -Patriots argued the event was the massacre of civilians perpetrated by the British Army, while loyalists argued that it was an unfortunate accident, the result of self-defense of the British soldiers from a threatening and dangerous mob.