Boston Massacre
Called the Boston Riot by
the British, the Boston Massacre was the killing of five civilian men
on March 5, 1770. British troops were stationed in Boston since 1768
in order to protect and support crown-appointed colonial officials
attempting to enforce unpopular parliamentary legislation. There was
ongoing tension between population and soldiers. British fired into
small crowds apparently without orders. Killing three and wounding
others, two others later died from wounds during the incident.
Acting governor Thomas
Hutchinson promised an inquiry but reformed the next day. Eight
soldiers, one officers, and four civilians were arrested and charged
with murder. Defended by lawyer John Adams, six were acquitted while
two were convicted of manslaughter. The depiction and reports of the
event engraved by Paul Revere heightened tensions between the
thirteen colonies. This event is widely viewed for the outbreak of
the American Revolutionary.
Boston Tea Party
Boston Tea Party was a
key event in American Revolution . Direct action by colonists in
Boston against British government and East India Company. On December
16,1773 officials in Boston refused to return three shiploads of
taxed tea Britain, a group of colonists boarded the ships and
destroyed the tea by throwing it into the harbor. They believed that
the Tea Act violated the right to be taxed only by their own elected
representatives. Governor Thomas Hutchinson refused to allow the tea
to be returned to Britain.
Parliament responded in
1774 with the Coercive Acts,which closed Boston's commerce until
British East India Company been repaired for destroying tea. To
respond to Coercive Acts with protest and convening the first
continental congress,which petitioned the British monarch for repeal
of the acts and coordinated colonial resistance to them. This
escalated the American Revolutionary war that began near Boston in
1775.
Compiled by Daphnee D.
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