sdfsdfsdfdsfdsf
Jinoo Song
12/2/12
U.S. History I Honors
Dr. Hogge
Boston Massacre: George Hewes’s Testimony When the mob formed on King’s Street on the night of March 5th, I quickly joined them. I am a loyal patriot, and it is my duty to stand up for my people against what I assumed to be an unwarranted attack from the soldiers. I did not have a club nor cane. The main guard, along with Captain Thomas Preston came rushing out to support the sentry on King’s Street. He told us to disperse before anything injurious happened, but we refused. In a blink of an eye, five workingmen were shot to their graves. Luckily, I made it out of that nasty brawl only with a bullet in my shoulder. The next day, I was one of the ninety-nine witnesses who were required to put down a testament during Captain Preston’s trial. In my deposition, I recalled the prelude of events that led up to the massacre the night before, as well as my interpretations of the entire evening’s events. In my deposition, I at first, admittedly, stated that Captain Preston was guilty of ordering his men to fire. He who ordered an entire guard to bring loaded guns to a street, I thought, would have also ordered them to shoot. It was a logical conclusion. I heard screams of “Fire! Fire!” but I could not discern a scent of smoke, and it simply did not make sense to me that the townspeople would ever mutter such a dangerous word. However, in my recollections, I realized that in the small crevice between the soldiers and the patriots on the street was none other than Captain Preston. Only after the massacre did he and his men disperse. I would not think that Preston would order his men to shoot their rifles when he was standing so dangerously in their way. As I slowly traced the events at and prior to the brawl, I reasoned that the criminal lied elsewhere. First of all, I was well aware that Preston had reprimanded his soldiers for firing their guns without him telling them to. Now, perhaps I do not have deference for
12/2/12
U.S. History I Honors
Dr. Hogge
Boston Massacre: George Hewes’s Testimony When the mob formed on King’s Street on the night of March 5th, I quickly joined them. I am a loyal patriot, and it is my duty to stand up for my people against what I assumed to be an unwarranted attack from the soldiers. I did not have a club nor cane. The main guard, along with Captain Thomas Preston came rushing out to support the sentry on King’s Street. He told us to disperse before anything injurious happened, but we refused. In a blink of an eye, five workingmen were shot to their graves. Luckily, I made it out of that nasty brawl only with a bullet in my shoulder. The next day, I was one of the ninety-nine witnesses who were required to put down a testament during Captain Preston’s trial. In my deposition, I recalled the prelude of events that led up to the massacre the night before, as well as my interpretations of the entire evening’s events. In my deposition, I at first, admittedly, stated that Captain Preston was guilty of ordering his men to fire. He who ordered an entire guard to bring loaded guns to a street, I thought, would have also ordered them to shoot. It was a logical conclusion. I heard screams of “Fire! Fire!” but I could not discern a scent of smoke, and it simply did not make sense to me that the townspeople would ever mutter such a dangerous word. However, in my recollections, I realized that in the small crevice between the soldiers and the patriots on the street was none other than Captain Preston. Only after the massacre did he and his men disperse. I would not think that Preston would order his men to shoot their rifles when he was standing so dangerously in their way. As I slowly traced the events at and prior to the brawl, I reasoned that the criminal lied elsewhere. First of all, I was well aware that Preston had reprimanded his soldiers for firing their guns without him telling them to. Now, perhaps I do not have deference for