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Explanation:
On March 5, 1770, a group of colonists—mostly youths and dockworkers—surrounded some soldiers in front
of the State House. Soon, the two groups
began trading insults, shouting at each
other and even throwing snowballs.
As the crowd grew larger, the soldiers
began to fear for their safety. Thinking
they were about to be attacked, the soldiers fired into the crowd. Five people,
including Crispus Attucks, were killed.
The people of Boston were outraged
at what came to be known as the Boston
Massacre. In the weeks that followed, the
colonies were flooded with anti-British
propaganda in newspapers, pamphlets,
and political posters. Attucks and the
four victims were depicted as heroes
who had given their lives for the cause
of freedom. The British soldiers, on the other hand, were portrayed as evil
and menacing villains.
At the same time, the soldiers who had fired the shots were arrested and
charged with murder. John Adams John Adams, a lawyer and cousin of Samuel Adams,
agreed to defend the soldiers in court. Many people criticized Adams and
some even threatened to harm the lawyer. But Adams believed that everyone—including the British soldiers—was entitled to a fair trial. Although
Adams supported the colonists’ cause, he wanted to demonstrate that everyone was subject to the rule of law.
Adams argued that the soldiers had acted in self-defense. The jury agreed
and acquitted the soldiers. To many colonists, however, the Boston Massacre
would stand as a symbol of British tyranny in the colonies.
In April 1770, Parliament repealed the Townshend Acts. Once again, the
colonial boycott had worked—British trade had been hurt and Parliament
had backed down. But Parliament kept the tea tax to show that it still had
the right to tax the colonists.
The Tea Act Increases Anger To demonstrate their displeasure with the
remaining tax on tea, many colonists chose not to purchase luxuries from
British merchants. Instead, they drank tea that was smuggled from Holland.
As a result, many British tea companies lost money in America as their tea
went unsold and rotted in ports.
