Since the Stamp Act wasn’t much of a success with the colonies in making revenue, the British thought by implementing the Townshend Act in 1767 it would help out with the boycotts but still generate tax revenue at what the colonies would find acceptable. There were constitutional issues and the colonist continued to boycott leading to what is now known as the Boson Massacre. The British troops went to Boston in 1768 to enforce the tax burden executed in the Townshend Act. In 1770 there was a patriot mob outside the old State House in Boston throwing snowballs, stones and sticks at the British soldiers. One of the soldiers fired his weapon in the crowd causing a series of gunshots from the British to be fired killing five Americans. This was the first event between the Americans and the British that ended in
Since the Stamp Act wasn’t much of a success with the colonies in making revenue, the British thought by implementing the Townshend Act in 1767 it would help out with the boycotts but still generate tax revenue at what the colonies would find acceptable. There were constitutional issues and the colonist continued to boycott leading to what is now known as the Boson Massacre. The British troops went to Boston in 1768 to enforce the tax burden executed in the Townshend Act. In 1770 there was a patriot mob outside the old State House in Boston throwing snowballs, stones and sticks at the British soldiers. One of the soldiers fired his weapon in the crowd causing a series of gunshots from the British to be fired killing five Americans. This was the first event between the Americans and the British that ended in