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Q: What was the name given to the series of laws that closed Boston harbor required colonists to put up British soldiers in their homes and allowed British officials accused of crimes to be tried in Br?
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What law placed on the colonists required them to house British soldiers?

The Quartering Acts


What did the colonists realize after fighting alongside British soldiers?

They were very different from the British soldiers and wanted to declare independence from England.


Why did the british soldiers kill colonists in the Boston massacre?

Because the British soldiers hated the colonists' guts.


What did they tax on the quartering act?

No, the quartering act is when people in Boston had to share their house with the redcoats.


What did the colonists had to follow the laws of?

what rules did the colonists have to follow


Why were the colonists angered by the quartering act?

They were angered by the Quarter Act because it required them to house and feed British soldiers at their own expense.


What was the term applied by the british to the colonists?

The colonists called the British soldiers Red Coats. This is because of the uniforms they wore, which were red. The British called the colonists Yankees.


Who led Boston massacre?

A colonist and a British soldier got into a fight more colonists and British soldiers arrived, the colonists were throwing snowballs and calling the British soldiers names. A few of the British soldier's fired into the crowd killing a few colonists.


What did colonists call British Soldiers?

The British soldiers were (aptly enough) called "redcoats".


What did British soldiers do if colonists at the battle of bunker hill called them Bloody backs?

The British probably fired on the colonists.


Why British soldiers open fire on colonists in the event known as the Boston massacre?

Colonists had thrown rocks and snowballs at the soldiers.


Where the colonies justified in refusing to obey certain british laws and officials?

The Colonists felt that they were justified in refusing to obey certain British laws and officials. With the Stamp act, they were being taxed without having any say in the government that was taxing them. They also did not need the British soldiers telling them what to do, because they felt they were no longer British citizens.