USA HISTORY

Detailed explanation-1: -But despite the lack of violence, the Boston Tea Party didn’t go unanswered by King George III and British Parliament. In retribution, they passed the Coercive Acts (later known as the Intolerable Acts) which: closed Boston Harbor until the tea lost in the Boston Tea Party was paid for.

Detailed explanation-2: -American colonists rebelled against the taxes they found repressive, rallying around the cry, “no taxation without representation.” Skirmishes between colonists and soldiers-and between patriot colonists and colonists loyal to Britain (loyalists)-were increasingly common.

Detailed explanation-3: -Boston Massacre Cause: Colonists were still angry about previous events, particularly the Quartering Act. Relations were poor between the soldiers and colonists. Effect: Colonists started throwing snowballs at the soldiers and called them names. Shots were fired and five colonists were killed.

Detailed explanation-4: -The Boston Massacre was a street fight that occurred on March 5, 1770, between a “patriot” mob, throwing snowballs, stones, and sticks, and a squad of British soldiers. Several colonists were killed and this led to a campaign by speech-writers to rouse the ire of the citizenry.

Detailed explanation-5: -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.