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Q: Why was the colonists taunting British soldiers?
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Colonist were shot after taunting british soldiers?

It was during the Revolution


The event that spawned from the taunting and throwing of snowballs at a British soldier guarding a customs house became known as the?

The taunting of a British soldier guarding a customs house ended in the Boston Massacre. Angry colonists gathered in protest of the presence of British soldiers in Boston. The situation quickly escalated when someone threw and hit a British soldier with a snow ball. The British soldiers opened fire, killing five.


Why did the colonists do those bad things to the soldiers in the Boston massacre?

Many of the colonists were drunk and other were just angry with the British for taxing them. Also, one of the British soldiers had knocked down a kid because the boy was throwing snow at him. *Hope it helped!*


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.


How did the Boston Massacre begin?

At the Boston Customs House, a wigmaker's apprentice mistakenly harangued a British officer about an unpaid bill, and was struck by a British sentry, Private Hugh White. A confrontation with White and the other British soldiers grew heated, with as many as 200 colonists gathering. Some colonists taunted and threw items at the soldiers. One sentry was knocked down, and then (without an order) soldiers fired into the growing mob. Five colonists were killed and six wounded.


What did the colonists had to follow the laws of?

what rules did the colonists have to follow


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 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.


What did colonists call British Soldiers?

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


What event occurred as a result of the colonist taunting British soldiers?

The Boston Massacre


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

The British probably fired on the colonists.