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title: "Why might colonial leaders interested in independence want to blame the Boston Massacre on the British?"  
description: "Why might colonial leaders interested in independence want to blame the Boston Massacre on the British?"  
author: "Richardson hayes"  
published: 2018-05-26  
canonical: https://answers.mindstick.com/qa/43074/why-might-colonial-leaders-interested-in-independence-want-to-blame-the-boston-massacre-on-the-british  
category: "history, politics & society"  
tags: ["usa history"]  
reading_time: 1 minute  

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# Why might colonial leaders interested in independence want to blame the Boston Massacre on the British?

Why might [colonial leaders](https://answers.mindstick.com/qa/43380/how-did-colonial-leaders-use-the-boston-massacre-as-propaganda) interested in [independence](https://answers.mindstick.com/qa/34802/what-was-the-title-of-thomas-paine-s-popular-political-pamphlet-written-in-1776-outlining-his-arguments-in-favor-of-american-independence) want to blame the [Boston Massacre](https://answers.mindstick.com/qa/51286/why-did-soldiers-fire-into-the-crowd-at-the-boston-massacre) on the British?\
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