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How did the Boston Massacre increase the tension between the colonists and the British government

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Answer:after the Boston massacre. the colonists thought that the british were evil and ruthless killers and the public views about the british worsened. though in my opinion the Boston massacre was the Boston defence as the people of boston actually attacked the british troops.

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It confirmed both parties suspisions of the other

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So the colonists suspected that the British were just there to make life hard for the colonists for no reason, and the British had suspisions that an uprising was brewing. Sorry for the vauge answer, I took U.S history last year and it's been a while since I looked at my old notes

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