Question

What was the significance of the Boston Massacre?

Answer 1

Answer:

B. It increased tensions between American colonists and England.

Explanation:

Boston massacre was a riot that was deadly and it happened in King Street in Boston on 5th March 1770.It started as a street brawl between a British Soldier and American colonists and it quickly escalated to chaos and bloody slaughter.This escalated the anti-British sentiments and in a way a reason to cause the American Revolution.

Answer 2

Answer:

B. It increased the tensions between American Colonists and England is the correct answer.

Explanation:

The street fight between the mob and British soldiers that occurred on March 5, 1770. when 50 citizens attacked Captain Thomas Preston and his soldiers were attacked. The soldiers fires over the mob and killed  three person on the spot.  After the killings town meeting was called to try Captain Preston for murder, two British soldiers were proven guilty of manslaughter. It was the event that led to the revolutionary war.