What Are The Causes Of The Boston Massacre

On March 5, 1770, in Boston, Massachusetts, a mob of our patriotic colonists gathered around a British officer to confront him. The awful lad responded with violence! This fatal incident was caused by an uproar between our patriots and these British officers. This lethal massacre concluded with seven colonists dead, killing three on the spot.

British Captain Thomas Preston, the commanding officer at the Customs House, ordered his men to fix their bayonets and join the guard outside the building! An object hit Private Hugh Montgomery, leading him to discharge his rifle and shoot at the crowd! How horrid! The other soldiers began to fire, and joined him in butchering our fellow friends. When the smoke cleared, five colonists were dead—Crispus Attucks, Patrick Carr, Samuel Gray, Samuel Maverick, and James Caldwell.
The presence of these troops are increasingly unwanted! These men are the patriotic souls we lost in the bloody massacre last night Crispus Attucks, whom was a black sailor, ropemaker Samuel Gray, and a mariner named James Caldwell. Also, there were estimated to be 8 wounded men, two of whom died later (Samuel Maverick and Patrick Carr).
A town meeting has been called earlier today, demanding the dismissal of the British soldiers, and the trial of Captain Preston and his men for murder. Unfortunately at the trial, John Adams and Josiah Quincy II defended the British, leading to their release. Samuel Quincy and Robert Treat Paine were the attorneys for the prosecution. Luckily, two of the British soldiers were found guilty of