How Did The Boston Massacre Lead To The American Revolution

As an outcome of the seven years war, Britain was left with a massive debt. Britain believed that the colonists were responsible for this debt and should pay the debt back to Britain. The colonist opposes to this and thought they had put enough effort into the war to be made accountable of the debt. The violation of the rights from the British towards the colonists provoked a feeling of resentment, which lead to the American Revolution. Parliament passed a series of acts to force colonists to pay off the debt. This series of acts increased the fever of rebellion in the colonies. The first act that was passed was the sugar act of 1763. This acts purpose was to stop smuggling and anything else that would put in disadvantage the
The colonist disagreed and thought it was the British plan to oppress them. Tensions were building up in the colonies and the colonist felt anger and fear. On March 5, 1770 a small group of colonist began to harass soldiers that were outside a house. One of the soldiers panicked and fired into the group, because of this the rest of the soldiers fired as well and many of the colonists were killed. The Boston massacre was just one example of how the extreme military measures played a role in the American Revolution. The quartering act was the right given to a British soldier to live in a colonial home. This was a way of limiting the natural rights of the colonist. The coercive acts came after the Boston tea party. This acts allowed British military to close the port of Britain and allowed British troops to be placed wherever they thought was necessary. Lexington and concord were two small farm villages; a group of militia had been standing guarding the land. The soldiers fired by confusion causing eight Americans to die. The British military measures taken caused colonist to want to rebel because they thought it was not fair, this was a key factor leading to the American