Why were the Boston Massacre and the Boston Tea Party

important events on the road to independence?

A. They were evidence that citizens of other colonies

were indifferent to British tax and trade policies.

B. They were evidence of the colonists' growing

ability to govern themselves.

C. They were evidence of increasing tensions

between Great Britain and the colonies.

D.

They were evidence that colonists wished to gain

the sympathies of British soldiers.

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Elliot Barton

History

24 November, 11:29

Why were the Boston Massacre and the Boston Tea Party

important events on the road to independence?

A. They were evidence that citizens of other colonies

were indifferent to British tax and trade policies.

B. They were evidence of the colonists' growing

ability to govern themselves.

C. They were evidence of increasing tensions

between Great Britain and the colonies.

D.

They were evidence that colonists wished to gain

the sympathies of British soldiers.

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Kash Andrews · Answer 1

C

Explanation:

The Boston Tea party happened because of the Tea Act. The Boston massacre occurred because of a fight between a colonist and a British soldier.