How did the colonists express their discontent

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Explanation:

On March 5, 1770, a group of colonists—mostly youths and dockworkers—surrounded some soldiers in front

of the State House. Soon, the two groups

began trading insults, shouting at each

other and even throwing snowballs.

As the crowd grew larger, the soldiers

began to fear for their safety. Thinking

they were about to be attacked, the soldiers fired into the crowd. Five people,

including Crispus Attucks, were killed.

The people of Boston were outraged

at what came to be known as the Boston

Massacre. In the weeks that followed, the

colonies were flooded with anti-British

propaganda in newspapers, pamphlets,

and political posters. Attucks and the

four victims were depicted as heroes

who had given their lives for the cause

of freedom. The British soldiers, on the other hand, were portrayed as evil

and menacing villains.

At the same time, the soldiers who had fired the shots were arrested and

charged with murder. John Adams John Adams, a lawyer and cousin of Samuel Adams,

agreed to defend the soldiers in court. Many people criticized Adams and

some even threatened to harm the lawyer. But Adams believed that everyone—including the British soldiers—was entitled to a fair trial. Although

Adams supported the colonists’ cause, he wanted to demonstrate that everyone was subject to the rule of law.

Adams argued that the soldiers had acted in self-defense. The jury agreed

and acquitted the soldiers. To many colonists, however, the Boston Massacre

would stand as a symbol of British tyranny in the colonies.

In April 1770, Parliament repealed the Townshend Acts. Once again, the

colonial boycott had worked—British trade had been hurt and Parliament

had backed down. But Parliament kept the tea tax to show that it still had

the right to tax the colonists.

The Tea Act Increases Anger To demonstrate their displeasure with the

remaining tax on tea, many colonists chose not to purchase luxuries from

British merchants. Instead, they drank tea that was smuggled from Holland.

As a result, many British tea companies lost money in America as their tea

went unsold and rotted in ports.

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