How did events like the Boston Massacre and the Boston Tea Party help unite the colonists against Britain?
A depiction of the Boston Massacre in 1770 was printed from copper plates inscribed by Paul Revere. The resulting prints were widely distributed throughout the Colonies, reinforcing the scathing accounts distributed by the Sons of Liberty. This convinced many Americans that the occupation of Boston by British troops was an intolerable breach of American liberties and a possible danger to them all. The Boston Tea Party in 1773, in which colonists crudely dressed as Mohawks dumped shiploads of tea into Boston Harbor rather than let it be landed and sold with a penny per pound tariff, was the ultimate act of protest over the growing disagreement over the colonies assertion that hey could not be taxed without their legislatures’ assent. Many colonial patriots were already boycotting tea and forcing their tea merchants to renounce tea imports, so the Tea Party acted as a catalyst for the growing feeling of resentment. Other colonial legislatures passed resolutions of solidarity with Massach
