Boston Massacre Dbq

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When the people of the country are suppressed, more ideas of freedom and democracy are prevalent. During the time period where the British occupied the American colonies, they implemented a lot of unfair tax legislation against them. The colonies also didn’t have representatives in the House of Parliament to oppose these tax legislation. This led to peaceful riots in the town of Boston but this soon changed when the British,” opened fire on the mob and killed five men, this became known as the Boston massacre”(Onion et al,”Revolutionary War”). The citizens, feeling they have no representatives in the house, took to the streets to oppose this. The British, unable to control the mob, decided to open fire, which shows the oppressive nature of