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Chapter 5, Section 2
Chapter 5
Road to Independence
As tensions between
colonists and the
British government
increased, protests
grew stronger.
Tensions Grow in Boston
In the summer of
1768, Britain sent
hundreds of soldiers
to Boston to
maintain order and
discourage
protesting.
Bostonians and
British soldiers
clashed.
The Boston Massacre
In March 1770,
British soldiers fired
at a mob of angry
colonists, killing five.
Leaders in Boston
used the incident in
Boston as
propaganda to
site of the strengthen anti-
Boston
Massacre
British feelings in
America.
After the Massacre
The Boston Massacre led to even
stronger boycotts of British goods.
At midnight, they
threw 342 chests of
tea overboard.
The Intolerable Acts
In the Spring of 1774,
Parliament passed the
Coercive Acts to punish
Boston.
1. Boston harbor closed.
2. No meeting in Boston.
3. No trials in Boston.
4. More British soldiers.