In 1765 the parliament passed a law in which it stated that the colonists had to provide housing for the British soldiers and also to provide them things for their needs. Soldiers easily moved into the colonists houses.
The colonists reaction towards the law wasn't nice at all but at first they didn't rebel against it they just complained with each others.
What really made colonists so overwhelmed was that through this time a big group of colonists were unemployed or needed more money to provide for their families, which it became impossible for them to get a job because the few vacant jobs were taken by the soldiers who needed more money because first of all they were not well payed and second most of their money was sent to their families back in England.
Even though they accepted the jobs for less money soldiers needed something to buy things for their needs because they noticed that colonists were getting tired of providing them everything.
Colonists felt like they were going through an invasion, so one day a mob of colonists that were heavily drinking on a pub followed a soldier colonists were throwing him ice and snowballs and yelling at him. The soldier ran for support of other soldiers, they had their guns ready but they were not allowed to shoot but a soldier was to nervous that he shoot and other soldiers came along it killing 5 unarmed colonists.
Soldiers were charge but 3 of them were dismissed and the 2 other soldiers were placed a brand on their thumbs for everyone to know they had commit murder.
The person who decided to help the soldiers was John Adams who believed they were just defending themselves from colonists.
-Andrea
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