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what led to the boston massacre

By bkoelmel
  • The Townshed Acts

    The Townshed Acts

    Townshend Acts passed by British Parliament to add additional taxes on common products imported into the Colonies.
  • Period: to

    Boston Massacre

  • Taxation of goods

    Taxation of goods

    Tax on paper, glass, and tea. Which angered alot of the colonists
  • The heating up before the massacre

    The heating up before the massacre

    tension amounts for the next eighteen months between the British and Boston
  • British soldiers arrive to boston

    British soldiers arrive to boston

    Britiah aoldiers arrive at boston to maintain order of the civilians.
  • Boston massacre

    Boston massacre

    This is where the British soldiers just open fired on the Boston colonists without realizing that they were never meant to have fired on them.