Colonists got into a quarrel with the British soldiers.
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Why did the fight between the angry colonists and the soldiers happen?
Colonists were angry with Britain's new tax law.
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Why did Britain send 700 red-coated soldiers to America?
To keep the colonists in line.
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The soldiers who fired at the colonists were taken to court, but were proven guilty. Is this statement true or false?
False. The soldiers were proven innocent with the help of John Adams and Josiah Quincy Jr.
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What can you say about the colonists' feelings as they threw snowballs and rocks at the soldiers?
They were feeling angry and upset
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What actions did the colonists do to the soldiers to start the Boston Massacre?
They tarred and feathered the soldiers as well as dared them to fire their guns at the colonists.
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Because the British Soldiers wore red coats, the Bostonians called them...
"Redcoats" and "Lobster Backs"
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What would be a better way for the soldiers to handle the colonists?
Locking many of them in jail or taking away the tea tax.
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Who was Crispus Attucks?
A sailor who was a victim of the Boston Massacre.
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Crispus Attucks was a sailor who escaped slavery and taught himself how to read and write. Is this statement true of false?
This statement is true.
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How did the Boston Massacre start the Revolutionary War?
The colonists began standing up for themselves and getting what they want by torturing the British Soldiers.
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Based on the colonists' actions towards the soldiers, do you think the colonists were doing the right thing?
No because the British soldiers were only sent to America to enforce the tea tax and the colonists shouldn't have taken any actions towards the soldiers.
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The Boston Massacre brought many effects to American history. But the biggest effect was...
The Revolutionary War.
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Who were the two people who defended the British soldiers in court?
John Adams and Josiah Quincy Jr.
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Why did John Adams and Josiah Quincy Jr. defend the soldiers in court?
They believed the soldiers deserved a fair trial.
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Based on him helping the soldiers in court, do you think John Adams agreed with Great Britain's tea tax?
Although he was kind to the soldiers and helped them prove innocent, John Adams did not agree with the tea tax.
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What alternatives would you recommend to the colonists instead of throwing snowballs and rocks at the soldiers?
Multiple Answers
For Examples: They could talk to their leaders and/or protest against the British.
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What approach would you have used if you were Hugh White and angry colonists were surrounding you?
Multiple Answers
For Example: I would calm them down and attempt to listen to the reason they are angry.
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What would happen if the colonists didn't start the quarrel with the soldiers?
The Boston Massacre may not have started the Revolutionary War and America wouldn't have turned out the same.
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What phrase was used for the first time in court during the Boston Massacre?
Was it
"reasonable doubt",
"order in court", or
"counselors, approach the bench, please"?
"reasonable doubt"
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What may have happened if the first soldier to fire, Hugh White, never fired?
The other soldiers may not have fired.
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Paul Revere first named the Boston Massacre the "Bloody Massacre" and in the early 1800s was called the "State Street Massacre". What would be your original name for the Boston Massacre?
Multiple Answers
For Example: The Boston Shootings of 1770
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Why did the colonists attempt to make the soldiers' lives miserable even though they weren't the ones who created the taxes?
They believed that they could get what they wanted if they got rid of the soldiers.