The Boston Massacre Trials Boston Massacre considered the real beginning of the American Revolution‚ the first shots heard around the world. It took place in Boston‚ Massachusetts‚ in March‚ 1770 when Captain Thomas Preston‚ Corporal William Wemms‚ and seven British soldiers confronted a crowd which attacked them with cudgel‚ ice balls‚ and other makeshift weapons. The soldiers formed a line and loaded their guns‚ warning the crowd to disperse. A soldier fired a musket into the crowd‚ immediately
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The Boston Massacre Essay: Was it really a massacre? I believe that the Boston Massacre was not a massacre. I think this because there was a lot of propaganda‚ and the low death toll. The definition of a massacre is an indiscriminate and brutal slaughter of people. The Boston Massacre consisted of 8 deaths. When everyone was yelling things‚ it confused the soldiers of what they should do. The number of deaths didn’t even make it to ten deaths. The number of deaths established that it couldn’t
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The event that occurred on March 5th‚ 1770 should be named “The Boston Incident” rather than “The Boston Massacre” because the term massacre usually reminds many that many people have been slaughtered. But in the “The Boston Massacre” less than ten people were killed so I wouldn’t consider it a massacre due to very few deaths. From account number two‚ William Taint says‚ “People still continued in the street‚ crying‚ “Fire‚ fire‚ and be damned‚” and throw some more snow balls; whereupon I heard
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On March 5‚ 1770 shots fired out through the city‚ leaving five dead‚ more wounded‚ and soldiers that were charged of murder. This was called the Boston Massacre a huge turning point in the colonies. Although most people thought the soldiers were guilty I think they aren’t. I will prove from the testimony and eyewitness accounts that the soldiers should not be charged with murder and they acted only in self-defense. Although soldiers fired into the crowd I think they are still not guilty and acted
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However as mentioned earlier‚ The British government should not have had the right to impose taxes on sovereign colonies‚ furthermore‚ British troops in America were violent towards protesters. The Boston Massacre is perhaps the most well-known case of this‚ where a British soldier fired into a friendly crowd of protesters‚ killing 5 and injuring more. The colonialists had the right to avoid paying tax for a violent and oppressive British army in their
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The Boston Massacre VS. The Kent State Massacre By studying both the Boston Massacre and the Kent State Massacre‚ I have decided that through my research that the Kent State Massacre was the only real massacre between these two events. The citizens in both the Boston Massacre and the Kent State Massacre were not armed. The soldiers in both‚ the Boston Massacre and The Kent State Massacre were not acting in self defense. Both of these incidents could have been avoided. The reason why the Kent
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had impacted many lives. This event is known as the Boston Massacre. The Boston Massacre was considered to be a street fight that took place when a mob started to throw snowballs‚ stones and sticks at a squad of British soldiers. In the end‚ five colonists resulted in death. This was caused by the developing tensions in the American colonies that had been growing ever since the Royal troops had first appeared. I believe that the Boston Massacre was an act of self-defense. I say this because‚ the
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THE BOSTON MASSACRE The Boston Massacre was an unfortunate event which could have clearly been prevented if taken the right precautions and made the right decisions at the right time. According to my text book‚ the massacre was an attempt at protest against the British soldiers taking over the colonists’ jobs. If the soldiers had followed instructions‚ if Britain had paid the soldiers more‚ and if Crispus Attucks had taken a more peaceful approach to this problem‚ things might’ve gone differently
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The Boston Massacre- March‚ 5‚ 1770 Part One: Document | Author | Date | Purpose | Biases | The Legal Papers of John Adams‚ No. 64‚ Rex v Wemms | John Adams | 1755-1784 | To record what he heard and saw during the trial and how he defended for the British soldiers. | Despite the fact that most eyewitnesses’ testimonies denounced Captain Thomas Pretson ordering his men to fire upon the citizens‚ he believed these people were biased and words aren’t 100% reliable. | Anonymous account of the Boston
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The Boston Massacre The Boston Massacre was clearly an act of self defence on behalf of the British Soldiers because the Soldiers got attacked first and the Soldiers were just doing the jobs. The Boston Massacre was blatantly an act of self defence on the part of the British Soldiers because credible witness testimony clearly states that the British Soldiers got attacked first and the Patriots were armed. On March 5‚ 1770 on King Street‚ the Patriots were protesting but it escalated to more
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