James bond
Mrs. simmons
05/04/2013
Loyalist or Rebel During the Mid seventeen hundreds some colonists, know as the rebels, started to question the British parliament. The British parliament did not treat the colonist equally as those that lived in England. The British parliament would impose taxes and laws that the colonists did not favor which would lead to riots like the Boston Massacre and eventually the American Revolution. But, what started it all was “taxation without representation”, as most colonists would put it. The colonists did not want to part from mother England. All they wanted was to be treated equally as the citizen that lived in England. But, England did not heed their cry and imposed more taxes. Taxes were imposed on everyday items such as stamps, tea, paper, glasses, etc., this was known as the revenue act. Most, colonists did not approve of this and some formed groups that boycotted British goods. One of these famous groups is the Son of Liberty, lead by Samuel Adams, in Massachusetts. To stop these boycotting issues more troops were requested by Massachusetts’s governor, Thomas Hutchinson. More soldiers came, but this only made things worse. On March 5, 1770 the Boston Massacre took place. In this massacre only 5 people were killed, which isn’t really a massacre. The Boston Massacre broke out because little kids where throwing snowballs at the British customs guard. And soon a large crowd gathered around and started rioting. The guard called for reinforcement and shots where fired accidently. This case went to court and the British had hired on of the best lawyers in Boston, John Adams. With the help of John Adams the British eventually won. Joseph Warren gives an oration on the second anniversary of the Boston Massacre, on March 5, 1772. Warren says, “The fatal fifth of March, 1770, can never be forgotten. The horrors of that