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Were there any people that were in a war training for the militia? did the townsmen get forced into being in the militia? if not then did they get paid?

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Colonist just wanted fairness with government but the British for some reason did not like that. The colonies united and formed a congress wich gave them a chance at defeating the british.

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I think its really awesome how this one incident spread all over the colonies, like basically everyone now knew. I thought that the redcoats always shot at or arrested colonists, but this made it seem so serious.

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I think it was crazy how many soldiers were sent to Boston. King George assigned 1 Red coat for every 4 citizens.

Many of the colonists still thought of themselves as British.

It was also crazy how fast America was able to grow.

I can't believe they had to travel 3,000 miles to pay taxes.

Paul Revere covered the Boston Massacre and was able to spread knowledge to other colonists

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I can't believe how big of a difference on how fast we can get to places then we did before and that king George sent 4 thousand redcoats to help enforce laws.

The fact that you would also have to go 3,000 miles to pay taxes is crazy

I think that if the British didn't fire on the unarmed colonists then a huge battle wouldn't of started.

I think that the rebels actually have a chance to win a war now that they are becoming more skilled with weapons.

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How could England have lost all of their forests? They would have to chop down thousands of trees, all the forest couldn't be gone.

A mob of colonists started calling a group of British soldiers names, angered by this, the soldiers aimed at the colonists. Some soldiers were hit with clubs. A few of the soldiers fired. They may have fired out of fright or anger. Around five colonists were killed in this event known as the Boston Massacre.

Men and woman in the colonies united and bought weapons to defend themselves.

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Why did the king send 4000 red coats to Boston to enforce the law?

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How did the British control Boston's ports?

half of Boston's population was black. Does that mean that half of the people in Boston had slaves?

Weren't the colonist throwing snowballs at the Red Coats?

United front is how the United States was named.

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Why would the british make the rules in the colonies different from those in Great Britain? If the colonist are twice as rich then why do they only pay twice the taxes?

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Why did the king send 4,000 Red coats to enforce his law? Why was there one red coat for every 4 colonist? Why was there not many trees in England? Why was the bloody massacre so important in our history? Paul revere wanted to create a revolution against british.

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Why does the king send out so many British soldiers to one little area?

There was a 1:4 ratio between soldiers and civilians.

I didn't know that the Boston Massacre was called the " Bloody Massacre".

The news spread fast throughout the 13 colonies.

When the book said that nobody knows who fired first while the movie said that the Boston civilians were unarmed so the British had to have fired first.

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I like how the movie is setup with all of its facts. It is easy to keep track of and actually learn. I can't believe there was 1 Red Coat for every 4 citizens.

The king also sent 4,000 Red Coats over to Boston.

Paul Revere wanted to create a revolution against Britain.

I thought the colonists were throwing snowballs at the Red Coats. Did Paul Revere see the Boston Massacre, or did he just hear about it? The news of the Boston Massacre spread around the colonies really fast.

Did the news deliverer sneak out, or did the Red Coats let him out of Boston?

How many people were a part of of the rebels? Did the Red Coats not see the colonists sneak the away with the weapons?

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I thought is was crazy that the ratio of colonists to british soldiers was 1:4. I like how to movie was well organized and how it explained how America grew as well as how they survived the start of america. I think that the colonists had drive to never give up. The boston massacre has caused the colonists to spread the knowledge about this shooting, causing the colonists to fight back. The Boston tea party resulted in shutting down the boston harbor, as well as hundreds of people losing their jobs. The concept of the continental congress was the first step on the road to american democracy , created more freedom.

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It's amazing how fast America was able to grow. What made the colonists so successful in establishing. Why were there a lot of forests here, but not as many left in England? How did they know that the colonists were 2 inches taller and healthier than the European? The British fired on an unarmed crowd. Didn't the colonists throw snowballs at the Redcoats Half of the population in Boston was black. What made the Boston Massacre so important to our history? Paul Revere made a drawing of the incident. Why did the Red Coats want to take their weapons?

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Why would the king send over 4,000 Redcoats just to enforce his laws?

I think that it is interesting that one person saw the Boston Massacre and made a poster that showed what it looked like and what happen.

Another thing that was interesting is that half of the population was black.

Its crazy how the thirteen colonies stated to form so fast and that people were stating that they were American.

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It is so crazy how many soldiers were sent to Boston!

I was wondering about (when they killed the guy on the ship) how many other men were on that ship to collect the taxes!

Also I did the math, and 1 troup per 4 citizens with 4000 citizens is 1600 citizens! That is a lot of people!

Wow, it looks like the Red Coats shor more than 5 people!

I am very surprised that the colonist didn't respond by throwing their clubs and such at the British soldiers.

How did the colonist get these weapons?

How did they keep ^ those from the colonist?

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Why were the colonist more successful then England? What made them survive?

The Boston massacre was kinda the start of the colonist communicating to each other and becoming one. what were the colonist so mad about when the Massacre started.

Why did the British want to take over and why did they not want coloist to have gins

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The King of England sent 4000 British soldiers to enforce his laws in Boston. One redcoat for every four citizens in Boston.

Paul Revere became wealthy through his own skill instead of being born into a wealthy family.

Colonists were about 20% wealthier and 2 in. taller, as well as healthier, than those who were living in Europe.

John Hancock's ship was seized by the British while he was attempting to smuggle wine.

Why would the King of England attempt to have colonists pay taxes by force by sending 4000 soldiers to Boston? Why not listen to the will of the people?

Paul Revere captured the moment of the Boston Massacre in a painting.

The Boston Gazette was spread throughout the colonies by a group of nightriders. The newspaper contained information about the Boston Massacre for all to see. Nearly everyone in America knew about the Boston Massacre before the British in England knew.

The colonists began preparing and training their local militia to defend themselves from the British Redcoats and even be able to fight back against the British.

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There were four redcoats for every colonist in Boston.

What does it mean when it said "two inches taller"?

The Boston's ports produced 200 ships a year! Why were puritans 20% richer in the colonies, what made it so nice to live there?

If John Hancock was the richest man in Boston why did he not want to pay duties?

Why would the redcoats shoot the guys? Can't believe they would do that; did the redcoats even think about the outcome of this event?

It's crazy that all the colonists will work as one to rebel against the redcoats, putting aside their skin color, religion, etc.

Can't believe how fast the news got spread all across all of America.

That is so important- "I'm not a Virginian, I'm an American"

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On May 1768, John Hancock didnt want to pay taxes to a king that was 3,000 miles away from them.

King George sent out 4,000 red coats to enforce his law.

King George assigned 4 colonists per red coat.

Bostons ports produced 200 ships a year.

The Bloody Massacre was a fight with the red coats and the colonists. The red coats killed 5 colonists.

Paul Revear captured this moment in history.

One of the red coats was hit with a club and he shot at the man who had hit him.

The colonists blamed the red coats for the loss of their jobs, therefore they started a little argument on the street that had turned into a big argument and then 5 colonists had been shot and died.

The first continental congress wated to maintain liberty. They also said that an attack on any british colony is an attack on all of them as well.

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Its amazing how the colonists rebelled against most of the british laws.

King George had to send 4000 british troops to america. Its cool that there were 1 red coat for every 4 colonists.

I am shocked that the red coats killed 5 colonists.

The Colonial soldiers were just your average people all most non of them had any gun skill.

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Why did King George send many of his soldiers to the colonies when he could declare war and claim the areas of land as his own (if he won), and then make sure the colonists pay the taxes? Surely his strategy caused more boycotts, uprisings, and deaths than needed.

Why did the Red Coats fire into the unarmed crowd? Did they feel the need to protect themselves? But what would they need to protect themselves from? They could have dodged more protests, but now, with the news of the Boston Massacre spreading, they caused Britain much more than boycotts.

What was the objective in the Red Coats' decisions? For instance: the British wanted the colonists to have no weapons, because they didn't want any resistance. But surely they knew they couldn't keep resisting the colonists forever. So why did they even try to push the colonists in that direction?

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I am shocked that one soldier for four people and they also need so much amunition and the British need a lot of lumber dang the British are needy Paul Reveer documented the colonists had an almost secret newspaper rout to other colonies that is clever the colonists are trainig to use weapons and stash them so the red coats won't take them

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Why did the king let the colonists move to America in the first place? Then he wouldn't have to send away so many soldiers. I can hardly believe that he sent 4000 Red Coats. Also, why didn't more British come to the colonies after seeing that the colonists got twice a rich as they were before?

I thought it was cool how they had their newspapers delivered across the land like how we do today.

If about all of the colonies knew about the Boston Massacre, then wouldn't the British find out? Also if they did, why didn't they do anything about it?

Now I get the reason why we are called the United States of America.I thought that it was really cool how the colonies teamed up with each other

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In my opinion, the colonists that settled in America should have been more prepared when coming to a foreign country that they have no idea what is there. After many struggles, they got the hang of how to run and govern the colonies, and soon flourished in making money, creating more colonies, and trading with other colonies, and even countries. Some of the trading with other countries caused problems. For example, the Boston tea party, when colonists dumped the British' tea in the water for taxing them. Over all, the British had control of almost everything that the colonists could and couldn't do. This upset the colonists so they started conflicts with the British, like in the Boston Massacre, when soldiers sent from the British government ("Red Coats") killed five colonists in an argument. The colonists soon began realizing that they had to not only protect tem selves, but everypne in America.

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I really like how in the movie it dose time lapses & builds the colonies & shows like ship travel. I didnt know that New York was founded by the Dutch. Why did many colonists still consider themselves British if they live in the new colonies on thier own?

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There was one Redcoat for every 4 colonists. It's amazing on how fast and steadily America was able to grow. I don't see why the colonists had different rights than the people in England. They are still citizens, they deserve to have just as equal and fair rights as all other citizens, no matter if they live in America or not. It seemed that after the colonists had learned how to live and thrive, that they were actually healthier and and better off for a long while then the citizens in England. Paul Revere was able to create an image of the Boston Massacre. I thought it was cool how they were able to deliver the newspaper about the Boston Massacre to almost all thirteen colonies before the English found out by using night riders. Five men were killed in the Boston Massacre. I thought it was a super bad idea that the soldiers fired into the crowd, this would only make the colonists angrier. This was also how we gained our independence, so maybe it wasn't such a bad thing after all... "If the British were to attack one colony, it was considered an attack on all of them" "I am no longer a Virginian, I am American"-Patrick Henry

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In colonial Boston, around 1768, there were 4,000 British soldiers sent by King George to Boston to help more strictly enforce his laws. Thats a ratio of four colonists to one British soldier. I believe the colonists eventually realized that with their numbers, it would be do-able to overpower the British if they wanted to.

I think it's interesting that the colonists are much healthier than the citizens still living in British territory, is this because they are eating healtghier and more raw foods?

The Boston Massacre sparked the pony express! The story about the "most powerful army in the world firing on an unarmed crowd" angers the colonists. Paul Revere captures this historical moment.

The Boston Tea party is one of the biggest reactions to British action in history. 340 chests of tea ruined, this action sparks the Coercive Acts, or as the colonists call them, The Intolerable Acts.

Britian wants increasing power over the increasingly sucsessful colonies and their cities.

only defence were malitia men

"I am not a virginian I am an American." - Patrick Henery

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The colonies own %33 of all lumber made for British ships.

There is a 1 to 4 ratio of Red Coats to colonists.

Who had the most land that they also controlled in the 1700s?

How many soldiers were in the British army?

How many people were present at the time of the Boston Massacre?

Paul Revere was a silver smith who captured major events in silver, like the Boston Massacre.

Why were the Red Coats wanting to take the colonists weapons?

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for every 4 colonist there was 1 British soldier.

The king sent over 4,000 British soldiers to enforce his laws.

Many of the colonists still thought of themselves as British.

10%of boston was black.

the boston massacre was when the British shot and killed 5 unarmed citizens during a riot over taxes.

news paper were first a weekly thing in Boston but then spread to all of the colonies.

the colonies came together as america