Question

What came before? The Boston tea party or the Boston massacre

Answer 1

The Boston massacre came before the tea party. (Massacre 1770, and Tea party 1773)

Answer 2

The Boston Massacre came first, and then the Boston Tea Party.

The Boston Massacre in 1770, was due to the military occupation of Boston, where a group of soldiers shot at a group of protesters protesting the rate hike by England.

In 1773 there was the so-called tea riot in the Port of Boston, or what is the same, the Boston Tea Party, when a whole shipment of tea was thrown into the sea.