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First of all, the year before that England had massacred colonists in Boston with their military. The tea party wasn’t a random destructive impulse, it was a response to violence and destruction. Second, the Philadelphia Tea Party simply sent the tea back, and that’s where the continental congress was founded and several colonies sent delegates to in order to form a proper organized resistance.
Eh, the Boston Massacre was blown way out of proportion specifically to rile up anti-British sentiment. Those troops had been surrounded by a mob of several hundred people and verbally and physically assaulted for hours beforehand despite several attempts to deescalate. Honestly, the whole thing wasn’t Ashley Babbitt levels of FAFO, but it was up there.
Murdering six civilians in the streets was blown out of proportion? What number of people do you believe it is acceptable to murder in the streets? I’d like a citation on surrounded by a mob of several hundred, if you have it. EDIT: I found it but I also found that this happened before all of that:
On February 22, a mob of patriots attacked a known loyalist’s store. Customs officer Ebenezer Richardson lived near the store and tried to break up the rock-pelting crowd by firing his gun through the window of his home. His gunfire struck and killed an 11-year-old boy named Christopher Seider and further enraged the patriots.
Boston held 2,000 British soldiers and 16,000 colonists, btw.
First of all, the year before that England had massacred colonists in Boston with their military. The tea party wasn’t a random destructive impulse, it was a response to violence and destruction. Second, the Philadelphia Tea Party simply sent the tea back, and that’s where the continental congress was founded and several colonies sent delegates to in order to form a proper organized resistance.
Yeah, absolutely, fight the power, though.
Eh, the Boston Massacre was blown way out of proportion specifically to rile up anti-British sentiment. Those troops had been surrounded by a mob of several hundred people and verbally and physically assaulted for hours beforehand despite several attempts to deescalate. Honestly, the whole thing wasn’t Ashley Babbitt levels of FAFO, but it was up there.
Murdering six civilians in the streets was blown out of proportion? What number of people do you believe it is acceptable to murder in the streets? I’d like a citation on surrounded by a mob of several hundred, if you have it. EDIT: I found it but I also found that this happened before all of that:
Boston held 2,000 British soldiers and 16,000 colonists, btw.