THE ROAD TO REVOLUTION 1700 1774
SONS OF LIBERTY RESISTANCE TO THE STAMP ACT AND BRITISH RULE
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A dog ran into the soldiers barking.
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A Firecracker exploded where the soldiers were.
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A British officer ordered them to fire at the colonists.
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The colonists threw sticks and stones at the soldiers.
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Detailed explanation-1: -On March 5, 1770, a crowd confronted eight British soldiers in the streets of the city. As the mob insulted and threatened them, the soldiers fired their muskets, killing five colonists.
Detailed explanation-2: -More than 2, 000 British soldiers occupied the city of 16, 000 colonists and tried to enforce Britain’s tax laws, like the Stamp Act and Townshend Acts. American colonists rebelled against the taxes they found repressive, rallying around the cry, “no taxation without representation.”
Detailed explanation-3: -What led British soldiers to fire on Boston’s townspeople on March 5, 1770? The soldiers were enforcing the Townshend Acts.
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.
Detailed explanation-5: -On March 5, 1770, British troops opened fire on colonists in the streets of Boston. Crispus Attucks, a British tax collector, was killed in the Boston Massacre. Colonial leaders used the Boston Massacre as propaganda to turn the colonist against the British.