- Samuel Adams organized committees of correspondence, which wrote letters and pamphlets critical of Britain.
• The colonists had to provide candles, bedding, and beverages to British soldiers.
• Because the New York assembly refused to obey the law, Britain dismissed the assembly.
1) Boys began to throw ice at a British guard.
2) A crowd soon grew large and rowdy.
3) The British soldiers opened fire, killing five colonists, including Crispus Attucks, a black sailor active in the Sons of Liberty.
* On the same day as the Boston Massacre, the Townshend Acts were repealed, except for the tax on tea!
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