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The Boston Massacre was a street fight that occurred on March 5, 1770, between the colonists who were throwing snowballs, stones, and sticks, and a squad of British soldiers. Several colonists were killed and this led to more conflict between the colonists and England.

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The tea act was a tax on tea. Back then tea was a drink that was dranken a lot. The British always enjoyed their tea. The colonists were also British People at the time and they loved their tea. The British were not trying to anger the colonists anymore by proposing the tea act, but it was done to get the British East India Company out of debt.

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Stamp Act/Townshend Acts / Declaratory Act 

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Stamp Act/Townshend Acts / Declaratory Act 

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This fight started when 50 citizens attacked a British Seniel. This quickly turned out to be a  massive fight. The Soldiers killed five men on the spot trying to defend themselves.

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This is a picture of the Boston Massacre. This was a propaganda made by Paul Revere in 1770. The picture shows that the British are armed and lined up. They are firing and not stopping at the colonists. This shows that the British were the aggressors in this fight.  This propaganda shows that the British were at fault for the Boston Massacre.

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The Colonists had clubs and sticks. These may not seem like deadly weapons but when there is a mob attacking you with them it can be. Captain Thomas Preston arrived and ordered the soldiers not to shoot. He was scared that one of his soldiers may be murdered. The fight escalated and the angry colonists were yelling at the soldiers “fire.” One of the soldiers confused Caption Preston for one of the colonists and started firing. Once one of the soldiers started firing the other six did as well.

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Some people may say that the colonists were at fault because they started the fight and they were throwing clubs, sticks, and snowballs at the soldiers. One of them was John Adams. John Adams defended the British because he wanted them to have a fair trial. The death penalty was at stake for them. He mentions that the confusion that night was rampant. Adams argued that it was easy for confusion to happen that night and the British were proved innocent.

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The Act granted the Company the right to directly ship its tea to North America and the right to the duty-free export of tea from Britain. In protest, the colonists boycotted tea sold by the British East India Company and smuggled in Dutch tea, leaving the British East India Company with millions of pounds of surplus tea and facing bankruptcy. Many colonists continued to protest against the British, they didn't want taxation without representation.

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The sons of Liberty were people that disobeyed any British parliament. They would protest for freedom and separation from England.

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On the night of December 16, 1773, a large group of men, who were mainly reported as the Sons of Liberty, disguised themselves as native American men and threw 342 chests of tea into the Boston Harbor.

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Some people were very happy the Boston harbor was filled with tea, such as John Adams. But others were not such as George Washington. He voiced strong disapproval of “their conduct in destroying the Tea.” He also claimed that Bostonians “were mad.” Benjamin Franklin said that the British East India Company should be reimbursed for the loss of tea.

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The Stamp act was the first tax directly on the Colonist to the British Parliament. The tax came when the British were in severe debt after fighting seven years of war. This act taxed every piece of paper they used. They were looking at the colonists as profit and thought they could easily take advantage of them. The colonists argued that the act was unconstitutional but the British parliament still proposed this act in 1765, and they appealed in 1766.

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The townshend Acts was an act that taxed any imported goods to the colonies. The colonists thought this was unconstitutional, especially because they had no representation. But, the British government thought it was unfair if the colonists did not pay, especially because they were in really bad debt after the war.

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The Declaratory Act was an act that was proposed the same day as the Stamp Act. This could have caused the colonists to be a little more overwhelmed and angry because these acts were coming at them all at once. This act was an act that stated Parliament could make laws against the American colonies "in all cases whatsoever.”

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This was King George III proposing the stamp act against the colonists. King George III says “For every skin or piece of vellum or parchment, or sheet or piece of paper…a stamp duty of ten pounds.”