THE ROAD TO REVOLUTION 1700 1774
THE FRENCH AND INDIAN WAR CAUSES EFFECTS SUMMARY
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the church bells were ringing.
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it was snowing.
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there were fireworks.
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they wanted to protect the British soldier guarding the Customs House.
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Detailed explanation-1: -The tensions that led to the Boston Massacre were the product of the occupation of Boston by Redcoats in 1768. Redcoats were sent to Boston to quell riots in the wake of the Townsend Duties and to protect customs officials. With 2, 000 soldiers occupying a town with a population of about 16, 000, friction was inevitable.
Detailed explanation-2: -Tensions began to grow, and in Boston in February 1770 a patriot mob attacked a British loyalist, who fired a gun at them, killing a boy. In the ensuing days brawls between colonists and British soldiers eventually culminated in the Boston Massacre.
Detailed explanation-3: -The Boston Massacre Late in the afternoon of March 5, 1770, British sentries guarding the Boston Customs House shot into a crowd of civilians, killing three men and injuring eight, two of them mortally.