DO NOW Why did the British increase taxes on the American colonists after 1763? Give an example of such a tax.

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DO NOW Why did the British increase taxes on the American colonists after 1763? Give an example of such a tax.

302: THE BOSTON MASSACRE 10/5

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textbook (p. 63) How do the descriptions of the Boston Massacre differ in Thomas Gage’s letter (Primary Source 4) and in the Newspaper Account (Primary Source 6)? How does Paul Revere’s painting portray the Boston Massacre? Is Revere’s closer to Source 4 or Source 6? Cite evidence from the painting and one of the sources.

Whose account of the Boston Massacre are you more likely to believe (Commander Gage’s, Paul Revere’s, newspaper's)? Why?