There are many ways in which you can rewrite this sentence in order to make it correct, but the bottom line is that the verb began is incorrect here.
So, here are some examples:
<span>The Boston Massacre and the repeal of taxes under the Townshend Acts resulted in/led to/provoked/gave rise to huge protests across the colonies. </span>
In his old age he became a communist and during the cold war it was just too tough to be a communist in the US. He went to Ghana after it became the first African country. DuBios has worked for African independence all his life, and was invited to enjoy it by Kwame Nkrumah, his old friend, and Ghana's first president.
C. Lee's loyalty was torn between the Union, and his home state of Virginia
The terrorist´s main goal in committing the September 11, 2001 attacks was to cause terror within the frame of massive casualties in a scenario happenning inside the United States. Seen as a symbolic goal, it is rooted in many causes as stated by some of the terrorists´leaders, like the support of Israel by the United States; United States military presence in Saudi Arabia,etc.
