1) What was the British perspective on the Boston Massacre?

2) What did colonists do in response to the Boston Massacre?

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Answer:

1) The Boston Massacre had a major impact on relations between Britain and the American colonists. It further incensed colonists already weary of British rule and unfair taxation and roused them to fight for independence. Yet perhaps Preston said it best when he wrote about the conflict and said, “None of them was a hero.

2) The British had a response to the Boston Tea Party also. The British were aware this event could have devolved into something more serious. Thus, the British ended all Townshend Act taxes except for the tax on tea. ... After the Boston Massacre, the colonists reestablished the committees of correspondence.