HISTORICAL BACKGROUND: England was disturbed over the violent colonial opposition to the stamp tax. English merchants suffered severely from the colonial boycott of English goods. Therefore, Parliament in 1766 repealed the stamp tax but, at the same time, asserted its right to tax the colonies. Parliament had full authority over the colonies all cases whatsoever.” “in Boston Massacre, 1770 Paul Revere’s print of Bloody Massacre perpetrated in King Street” in Boston, March 5, 1770. Three “The weeks after the occurrence, Revere was advertising his prints for sale in Boston’s newspapers. Revere’s historic engraving is long on political propaganda and short on accuracy. Patriotic propaganda like this called the incident a massacre to stir up feelings against the British government. HISTORICAL BACKGROUND: The people of Boston threatened and harmed British customs officials trying to collect taxes. So, the British quartered troops in Boston to protect their officials (Quartering Acts). In Boston, as elsewhere, there were bitter feelings between the colonists and the redcoats, the British troops. On one occasion, a riotous crowd of Bostonians shouted insults and threw snowballs at a detachment of soldiers. The redcoats fired into the mob, killing five townspeople and wounding six others. The angry citizens, led by Samuel Adams, demanded the removal of the British troops. To prevent an uprising, the governor withdrew the soldiers from the city. News of the massacre spread throughout the colonies and aroused hatred everywhere. Boston Tea Party, 1773
HISTORICAL BACKGROUND: England was disturbed over the violent colonial opposition to the stamp tax. English merchants suffered severely from the colonial boycott of English goods. Therefore, Parliament in 1766 repealed the stamp tax but, at the same time, asserted its right to tax the colonies. Parliament had full authority over the colonies “in all cases whatsoever.” Boston Massacre, 1770 Paul Revere’s print of “The Bloody Massacre perpetrated in King Street” in Boston, March 5, 1770. Three weeks after the occurrence, Revere was advertising his prints for sale in Boston’s newspapers. Revere’s historic engraving is long on political propaganda and short on accuracy. Patriotic propaganda like this called the incident a massacre to stir up feelings against the British government. HISTORICAL BACKGROUND: The people of Boston threatened and harmed British customs officials trying to collect taxes. So, the British quartered troops in Boston to protect their officials (Quartering Acts). In Boston, as elsewhere, there were bitter feelings between the colonists and the redcoats, the British troops. On one occasion, a riotous crowd of Bostonians shouted insults and threw snowballs at a detachment of soldiers. The redcoats fired into the mob, killing five townspeople and wounding six others. The angry citizens, led by Samuel Adams, demanded the removal of the British troops. To prevent an uprising, the governor withdrew the soldiers from the city. News of the massacre spread throughout the colonies and aroused hatred everywhere. Boston Tea Party, 1773