Describe the cause and effect of the Boston Massacre. Bellwork October 30, 2012 Describe the cause and effect of the Boston Massacre.

In the winter of 1770, Boston was an occupied city In the winter of 1770, Boston was an occupied city. For nearly a year and a half, tension had been building between the town’s almost 16,000 residents and the 1,000 British soldiers garrisoned there. Already angered by new British taxes on imports … many residents of the city fumed at the presence of the troops…

For the Defense: John Adams "The Part I took in Defence of Cptn. Preston and the Soldiers, procured me Anxiety, and Obloquy enough. It was, however, one of the most gallant, generous, manly and disinterested Actions of my whole Life, and one of the best Pieces of Service I ever rendered my Country…”

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