The Irony of the Boston Massacre and the Townshend Act
The Wikipedia entry for The Townshend Acts says the acts were “met with resistance in the colonies, prompting the occupation of Boston by British troops in 1768, which eventually resulted in the Boston Massacre of 1770. Ironically, on the same day as the massacre in Boston, Parliament began to consider a motion to partially repeal the Townshend duties. Most of the new taxes were repealed, but the tax on tea was retained.”
That said, it was interesting to find the October 24, 1771 Massachusetts Spy had stacked one news brief about the repeal of the American tea bill on top of a blurb about Captain Preston of the Boston Massacre. See the ironic placement below.
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bostonhistory (Ben Edwards)
August 21, 2010The irony of the Boston Massacre and the Townshend Acts http://tinyurl.com/25rbvyp @raglinen
Boston1775 (J. L. Bell)
August 21, 2010From @raglinen, two rumors from London about the tea tax and Capt Thos Preston’s pension. Only one was true: http://bit.ly/blRD9g
sharon_howard (Sharon Howard)
August 21, 2010RT @Boston1775: From @raglinen, 2 rumors from London about the tea tax and Capt Thos Preston’s pension. Only 1 was true http://bit.ly/blRD9g
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