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This 5 page paper discusses the “Boston Massacre” and how it led to the start of the American Revolutionary War. Bibliography lists 3 sources.
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final straw in a series of laws, regulations and confrontations that were causing rising tensions between the colonists and the British. This paper discusses the incident and its repercussions, including
the way it led to the first battle of the Revolutionary War at Lexington and Concord. Discussion The massacre is the result of a series of complex events that unfold
over several years, beginning with the passage of the Townshend Acts in 1767 (Boston Massacre Historical Society 2008-hereafter "BMHS 2008"). The British Parliament passed the Townshend Acts in 1767 in
order to raise revenue; the Acts put heavy taxes on some of the most common goods used by the colonists, including glass, paper and tea (BMHS 2008). The Acts were
immediately unpopular, with the result that a heavy British presence was necessary in the colonies in order to enforce them (BMHS 2008). The reaction of the civilians to the
presence of the British troops was predictable, if unfortunate: they taunted them by calling them names, spitting on them, and picking fights with them (BMHS 2008). Bostonians had gotten the
upper hand and often were able to prevent the soldiers from doing their duty (BMHS 2008). Over the next 18 months, tensions between the two sides mounted (BMHS 2008). They
finally erupted on March 5, 1770 (BMHS 2008). On that evening, "the Twenty-Ninth Regiment came to the relief of the Eighth on duty at the Customs House on King (now
State) Street. The soldiers, led by Captain Thomas Preston, were met by a large and taunting crowd of civilians" (BMHS 2008). The crowd refused to leave and chanted "Fire and
be damned!" at the British troops (BMHS 2008). Although Captain Preston is said to have ordered the troops "Dont fire!" its probable that in the noise and confusion his order
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