This skirmish lead to the death and injury of civilians and the soldiers arrested for murder. However, the immortality of the Boston Massacre and growing dislike of British troops was cemented by Paul Revere’s etching. It depicted the events of March 5th in such a way that pushed people’s resentment over the edge. Through artistic manipulation, poetic technique and mass-marketing ideas Revere thrust upon the public his own agenda. Discussed in this essay will be his success and the accuracy of the etching.
The battle at Lexington and Concord was similar to the Boston Massacre. A brigade of English soldiers opened fire on group of armed minutemen. At that moment an intense battle broke out and the revolutionary war began at that spot. The English expressed their iron grip on the colonies in several violent ways such as the attempted hostile takeover of the Middle and Southern Colonies. A more famous act of violence against the British was the Boston Tea Party in which several disguised Sons of Liberty members went aboard several British trade boats and tossed over 45 tons of tea into the Boston Harbor at an estimated value of 1.87 million dollars worth in damages.
One fateful March night in Boston, Massachusetts 1770 five men were killed and six more were wounded. Dubbed The Boston Massacre by the Sons of Liberty, this event was built up to be much more than it really was. The soldiers were not guilty, but simply victims of tragic circumstance. A common primary source looked at when referring to The Boston Massacre is Paul Revere’s The Bloody Massacre. The silver engraving appears to show the British soldiers standing in a line being commanded to shoot at the colonists who are running away in fear.
Taxing the colonies directly solved Great Britain’s issues. The Stamp Act of 1765 passed by British Parliament to tax colonies on all printed materials, all the way down to a deck of cards. This caused much stress among colonists. In some newspapers times were stated as “Dreadful, Doleful, Dismal, Dolorous and DOLLAR-LESS.”(Doc. H) This displays the thoughts of the colonists.
Document I also talks about colonists displeasure towards the British parliament. They claim that they do not have the same rights and privileges as their fellow subjects in Britain and that it is unconstitutional. In 1770 the Boston Massacre took place. An angry mob of colonists threw sticks, stones, and snowballs at British soldiers provoking them to open fire on the innocent colonists, killing many of them. Document B is quoted as saying “The propaganda impact throughout the colonies was profound”.
During the 1760's, Great Britain passed several laws that created high taxes for the colonists. The British government was very in debt. Britain's George Grenville, who was in charge of the Treasury, decided that the American people should pay a large
Where: Throughout the colonies 4A. Townshend Acts Who: British Parliament (Charles Townshend) What: Designed to collect revenue from the colonists in America by putting customs duties on imports of glass, lead, paints, paper, and tea. When: 1767 Why: Intent was to raise revenue for the payment of the salaries of royal officials in the colonies. Where: Throughout the colonies 5. Boston massacre Who: British parliament What: Brawl that occurred, between a mob of patriots, throwing snowballs, stones, and sticks, and a squad of British soldiers (five men were killed and
Anwser:Issued in 1766 ,the Declaratory Act asserted that Britain's American colonies were subordinate to the British Parliament as well as to the British Crown,it was also for the better securing the dependency of his Majesty's dominions in America upon the crown and parliament of Great Britain to guarantee the absolute sovereignty of Britain over its American colonies. Why did the British troops open fire on the Boston citizens and how many people were killed or injured in the “Boston Massacre”? Answer:Having seen the townspeople acted angrily and without order,the British troops was really overwhelmed and nervous so they opened fire. 11 citizens were killed. Why did the Boston Tea Party took place and what the results were?
This communication helped the colonies in acting together. Word got around that the colonists didn’t want to pay tax on Tea, so they organized a protest. This protest took place all across the colonies. Colonists dressed as Indians and dumped millions of dollars worth of British tea into the Boston Harbor. This was really an epic moment in American history, as John Adams put it, “the most magnificent moment of
There are many opinions on what historical event impacted the United States the most. Just about all events impacted the U.S. in some way, but in my opinion the American Revolution impacted the most because, without that event there would be no constitution. It started as all thirteen colonies joining together to break free from British ruling. The American Revolution consisted of many acts. One of the first acts done by Americans in December of 1773 was the Boston Tea Party, which was done to protest the British tax policies by dumping 342 crates of tea into the Boston Harbor.