The Boston Massacre Was The Cause Of The American Revolution

Just one accident can change everything. John Adams said, "What do We mean by the Revolution? The War? That was no part of the Revolution. It was only an Effect and Consequence of it. The Revolution was in the Minds of the People." The Boston Massacre was the start of it all. When the Boston Massacre happened it fueled rare that caused the revolution. Although the American Revolution did not start until 1775, the Boston Massacre was the beginning of what would lead to the fight for Liberty.

The Boston Massacre didn't just happen for no reason. Tensions in Boston, Massachusetts between the British soldiers and Bostonians were very high due to all the acts that had been passed in the colonies by the British parliament. Sugar act 1764 which passed tax on sugar, coffee, and molasses. Stamp act 1765 which made colonist pay for a stamp for newspapers, playing cards, dice, and various legal documents. Declaratory act 1766 which repealed the stamp act but still let the British have the right to make decisions for the colonies without

representation from the colonies. Townshend act 1767 which taxed lead, paint, glass, paper, and tea. Quartering act 1767 also known as the intolerable acts because it forced colonists to house and feed British soldiers. All of these acts combined infuriated the colonists which built up tension between the colonists and the British over time. On May 2, 1770 a British soldier walked down to the Boston harbor where he asked an employee from John Gray's Ropewalk for work and the employee answered by saying "If you want work then why don't you go clean my outhouse." This caused a fight between the two men. The Bostonian won the fight and the next day the British solider came back with more of his men and so did the employee and again the Bostonians won. After the fights between the British and he Bostonians everyone in Boston had heard of them so everyone was mad.

What really happened on May 5, 1770? On May 5, 1770 in Boston, Massachusetts a fight broke out between British soldiers and Bostonians. The day of May 5, 1770 a British officer John Goldfinch bought a wig and when he left Edward Garrick the wig maker's apprentice chased him through the streets of Boston saying John had not paid for the wig and that John owed Edward money. While Edward was chasing John through the street saying he owed him money a sentry named Hugh White overheard what was happening and said "He is a gentleman, and if he owes you anything he will pay for it." After Edward and Hugh had a heated argument Hugh hit Edward in the head with the end of his musket knocking him down. A small crowd of people started to form around Hugh and Edward only seeing the part in which Hugh had hit Edward in the head knocking him down. Hugh had John go up to the British barracks and get help so when John came back there was a group of seven men under the order of captain Thomas Prescott under the command not to fire. The Bostonians shouted and threw sticks, stones, ice, and snowballs at the redcoats. When one British soldier was hit in the shoulder with a large piece of ice he fell to the ground causing his gun to go of so Prescott went over and asked the man "Who told you to FIRE?" When Prescott said fire that's when all of the redcoats open fired on a crowd of Bostonians killing one man instantly Crispus Attucks and when the smoke cleared four more men laid dead and six more injured on the streets of Boston.

The propaganda of the Boston Massacre.

Paul Revere created propaganda with a picture of the Boston Massacre. When Paul Revere heard about what had happened May 5 he started to work on a drawing of what had happened. What Revere drew was not even close to what had happened that day. Detail sentence In the drawing Revere created the picture shows a group of innocent Bostonians being shot at. Even though the Bostonians were throwing things at the British which was not put into the picture. Revere even added a dog saying that the British would even kill your innocent pets. Detail sentence Because of this picture the Bloody Massacre was made a bigger deal than it actually was causing people to get even angrier about the British being in control in the colonies. This picture alone helped fuel the start of the Revolutionary War. If Paul Revere had not created the picture that caused so much propaganda then the war may not have

happened.

The Boston Massacre caused the Revolution. If the Boston Massacre had never happened then the colonists would not have gotten angry enough to start a revolution. All of those acts that were passed caused the colonists to do something to make a change and get angry.
If none of the acts were passed by the British with no representation from the colonists then they would not have gotten angry enough to start a revolution. If the Boston Massacre had never happened then neither would have the revolution. When Paul Revere created the picture of the Boston Massacre he created a lot of propaganda. When Revere created the picture he did not really put the truth into it making the British soldiers look evil causing people to get angrier. Although the American Revolution did not start until 1775, the Boston Massacre was the beginning of what would lead to the fight for Liberty.