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why did parliament send more troops to Boston ?
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colonies were on the brink of a rebellion
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how did the colonists feel about new troops arriving?
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became even more emrage at great Britain and felt the British had pushed them too far
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why were Bostonians angry with British troops in their town?
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soldiers were rude and sometimes violent towards colonists
since they were poor they often stole goods scuffled with those who taunted them in the streets to earn more money, the soldiers competed for jobs,when they were off hours, that the Bostonians wanted |
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when did the Boston massacre occur
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March 5, 1770
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why did the British soldiers open fire on the colonists?
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the Bostonians threw stones, snowballs, oyster shells, and pieces of wood at the soldiers which knockd one of their men down
after the soldier was knocked down the nervous and confused soldiers opened fire |
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how many die during the Boston massacre
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5 colonists
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who is Crispus attucks
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a part native american part African dockworker who was one of the 5 colonists killed in the Boston massacre
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who were a few of the people that used the massacre as propaganda? how did they do it?
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Samuel Adams
put up posters describing the Boston massacre as as lighter of innocent Americans by British troops Paul revere engraved a picture of a British officer giving the order to open fire on the colonists |
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colonial leaders used the Boston massacre as propaganda. what is propaganda?
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information designed to influence opinion
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how did colonial leaders use the Boston massacre as propaganda?
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made it seem like the British were at fault
described the massacre as the slaughtering of innocent Americans by bloodthirsty redcoats |
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how did the Boston massacre end up helping the colonists cause?
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led many colonists to call for stronger boycotts on British goods
which eventually led parliament to repeal the Townshend taxes except for tea |
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what did Samuel Adams revive in 1772?
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boston committe of correspondence
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what is the boston committee of correspondence?
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an organization that used meetings
letters, and pamphlets to spread political ideas throughout the colonies |
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how did the boston committe of correspondence help the colonists cause?
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circulated colonists troubles with britain causing other committed to be formed, bringing together many protesters opposed to the British
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what tax remained after the Townshend acts were repealed?
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tax on tea
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why did parliament pass the tea act in 1773?
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to save the British East India Company from ruin
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what did the Tea Act of 1773 do?
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gave the British East India Company the right to ship tea to the colonies without paying most of the taxes usually placed on tea
allowed company to bypass colonial merchants and sell tea directly to shopkeepers at a low price |
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how did the Tea Act if 1773 effect the British East India Company?
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them being able to bypass merchants and sell directly to shopkeepers at a low price made their tea cheapest
and gave them favorable advantage over colonial merchants |
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how did the colonies react when British ships with tea came to their colonial ports?
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vowed to stop the east India companys ships from unloading
Daughters of Liberty issued a pamphlet boycotting tea |
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when did the Boston tea party occur?
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Dec 16, 1773
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parliament ignored warnings that another crisis was brewing. what're some of these warnings?
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new york and philadelphia forced ships to return to Britain
charles town seized ships and put tea in storage |
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what happened at the Boston tea party
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3 British tea ships arrive in Boston and royal governor orders for tea to be unloaded
sons of liberty dressed up as Mohawk Indians and dumped 342 crates of tea into the Boston harbor |
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who takes action when news of the Boston tea party reaches britain?
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King George III and Lord North
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how did King George III and Lord North take action against the rebellion in the colonies ?
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King George III asked parliament to pass Coercive Acts
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why were the coercive acts passed ? what are they?
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to punish the people of Massachuttes for their resistance
harsh laws |
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what did the coercive acts do and how did they effect the colonists?
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closed down Boston harbor until colonists paid for the ruined tea
(prevented the arrival of food and other supplies) Banned town meetings (took away rights of Massachusetts colonists) Forced Bostonians to shelter soldiers in their own homes |
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what law, that was passed shortly after the coercive acts, further angered colonists ?
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The Quebec Act
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what did the Quebec Act do ?
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set up permanent government for Quebec
Granted religious freedom to French Catholics ( |
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what did the colonisits call the Quebec Act and Coercive Acts?
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The Intolerable Acts
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