Boston Massacre

The 5 of March of 1770, a group of drunk colonists began to throw rocks and snowballs at some guards. This were the guards who took care of the costume house. The five victims were Sammuel Gray, Crispus Attucks, Patrick Carr, James Cadwell, and Samuel Maverick.  Considered a massacre since the victims could not defend themselves. They also injured six other civilian men. 

Of all the, the most notable was Crispus Attucks. He was a american slave. Also the first to die in the massacre. He has been the theme of many debates for historians. He was one of who lead to the confrontment.

It is said that soldiers where told by their commander they should not shoot. But on that alarming moments a soldier shot. As the sound came out of the gun, some more of the other soldiers too. Soon the attack had taken five lives. Later on, the soldiers were taken to court so they would be punished if their actions where not tolerated.

Boston Tea Party

A 16 of December of 1773 a group of  Massachusetts Patriots got into protest. Supposly this would make the paliment to change the way of taxation. The reason of it was tea. It all was related with the amount and the selected items in which to pay taxes. It all started with the Townshend Act which taxed daily items such as glass, lead, paint, papers, and tea. This was later partially removed except for the tea.

The colonists didn´t agree basically with none of the parliment laws. There was this company named the East India Company who sold the tea cheaper. The Parliment had passed a law that allowed this company to sell directly with the colonists. Still colonist would not buy it. They believed this was a way so parliment would trick them with taxes. 

Three ships came fulled of tea to the Americas. There were exactly 342 chests of tea all together from the ships. Quite a lot right? Well this angy people dressed as native americans. Then threw all the tea to the Boston Harbor. This was called the Tea Party just to have a fun name.

 Tarring and Feathering

Since paying taxes without representation was an issue during the American Revolution, a lot of trouble occurred. Colonists were so upset by the taxes, that they even tortured tax collectors. And that's where the name "tarring and feathering" comes from. Whenever the tax collectors went to colonists home, they wanted to humiliate them and make them stop collecting the taxes. From a material that is like gasoline, (tar) they threw it to the tax collectors.

But that was not it, unfortunately that was not it. After emptying the tar on them, they threw feathers. The humiliation was even bigger with the feathers, and because of the tar, it got stock on them, and they looked like chickens. Colonists were getting what they wanted. The fear of the Tax Collectors, and the denial to collect them.

Tar, and feathers were not enough for this rude colonists. To continue with the torturing, the Colonists made the Tax Collectors drink very hot tea so it burned their throats in the inside. The tax collectors no longer wanted to pick up the tax, because they were afraid. This were the actions of angry patriot mobs who wanted a change. Later on there wasn't no one who would collect taxes.

The Seven Year War

The Seven Year War, also known as the "Indian and French War" happened during 1756 through 1763 in America. Whoever read this title for the first time, would believe it was between France and India, but what happened was that French and Indians got together to fight the British. It started because of the Ohio River dispute. During 1756 and 1757, the French were with the upper hand (winning). In 1758-1759 things changed, and the British were now winning.

As the war continued, the Frenchs started to loose supplies and could no longer maintain the Indians, this caused their splitting. The British started to capture the French. Later in 1760, the British captured Montereal from the French. In 1763, the British succeeded with their plan to gain new lands from the French, and the fighting was over. Later on the Treaty of Paris of 1763 came on.

The terms of the Treaty of Paris were really hard to France and its loss. It was signed by Britain, Spain and France. Canada was now on own of Britain as well a part of Mississippi and Florida. The British received Quebec and the victory. This meant loosing all the land for so many years they had owned.

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