The Boston Massacre: What Really Happened? We all know the story of the Boston Massacre; British troops fired into a group of colonists and killed five people‚ deeming it the start of the American Revolution. However‚ the story most people are not aware of are the reason behind the shooting and the events that led up to what is now known as the “massacre”. This topic is one of the most controversial moments in the American Revolution. Why were shots fired? Better yet‚ why were there weapons drawn
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Many people misunderstood the Boston Massacre and believe it was all the British soldiers’ fault‚ but they would be wrong. The Boston Massacre took place on March 5th‚ 1770 and resulted in the deaths of 5 Colonists. Thirteen soldiers were put on trial for the murders of those five colonists‚ but it wasn’t all their fault. The Colonists were responsible for the Boston Massacre because they attacked the British‚ they were yelling fire‚ and they were not being truthful. The Colonists attacked the British
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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
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The Boston Massacre. On 1770‚ March 5th‚ Boston‚ people were mad Europe refused to leave them be and stayed in control. As a plus a couple years before 1770‚ the king of Europe placed a law or act called the stamp act. This act stated that most items bought at market will have
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The Boston Massacre was a very significant event in American history. Although a single group cannot be blamed for the event in its entirety‚ the British soldiers should receive most of the blame. It should be noted‚ however‚ that the colonists did play a role in causing the incident. The actions that the British took the night of the Massacre were unnecessary. According to William Tant’s unbiased account in Primary Source #2 of what happened that night while the Bostonians were simply throwing
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Leading up to the Boston Massacre the English were putting taxes on everything. The King of was broke and they are trying to take all of the colonist money. Some of the taxes and punishment the King of England were the Sugar Act‚ The Proclamation of 1763 and The Stamp Act. This acts made the colonist very angry by taxing important things most people need . They thought awful so they protested and a refused. The Boston Massacre happened on March 5‚ 1770. The Boston Massacre happened because the
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a different aspect of the known story of The Boston Massacre. He also included historical research to give more info on why it was caused‚ why it wasn’t stop‚ and supports of it. Zobel’s main purpose is to take away the myth‚ of what really happen on March 5th‚ 1770‚ to show it was a mere incident‚ instead of a pre meditated killing form the British. With that included he gives details on all the intolerable acts‚ all of which stirred up anger in Boston. Also‚ the violence that was used by Boston’s
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The Boston Massacre was a tragic event that took place on March 5‚ 1770. Tensions between the American colonists and Britain have been going on for years. When Bostonians decided they have had enough and demanded for actions‚ immediate and unexpected events happened. They were attacked the british soldiers at the customhouse‚ which is the building the soldiers were directed to protect‚ and the attackers grew exponentially in numbers. According to my textbook(1)‚ British troops found themselves
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man killed during the Boston Massacre and thus believed to be the first casualty of the American Revolution. Who Was Crispus Attucks? Crispus Attucks is thought to have been born around 1723 in Framingham‚ Massachusetts. His father was likely a slave and his mother a Natick Indian. A 1750 ad in the Boston Gazette sought the recovery of a runaway slave named "Crispas‚" but all that is definitely known about Attucks is that he was the first to fall during the Boston Massacre on March 5‚ 1770. In
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A few years before this‚ many incidents occurred which prodded colonists to rise up against the tyrannical British Parliament‚ one of such events was the event known as the Boston Massacre. This event occurred on March 5‚ 1770. A squad of British soldiers‚ come to support a sentry who was being pressed by a heckling‚ snowballing crowd‚ let loose a volley of shots. Three persons were killed immediately and two died later of their wounds. The British officer in charge‚ Capt. Thomas Preston was arrested
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