From this excerpt, we can see how Britain didn’t mean to make a “massacre”. A crowd of Boston boys and men surrounded a number of British soldiers and began taunting and cursing them while pelting them with snowballs. This was the reason of the Boston “massacre”.…
Comparing Boston & Kent State Massacre the two Hundred year difference. There are similarities of Boston and Kent State Massacre event similarities, both of them brought something up with the government to make a large crowd of people, the Boston Massacre was started by a series of events included by civilians of colonist and soldiers trying to calm against the angry protesters. The Shootings of State University were a result of tensions between students and the Ohio National Guard, as the students where mad of the protested Vietnam war, The U.S. will start bombing in Cambodia, there were no orders to shoot the students but they killed 4 students anyways. The resemblance of the two massacres are like the same, both over the government, both…
A local militia, believed to be a terrorist organization, attacked the property of private citizens today at our nation’s busiest port. Although no one was injured in the attack, a large quantity of merchandise, considered to be valuable to its owners and loathsome to the perpetrators, was destroyed. The terrorists, dressed in disguise and apparently intoxicated, were able to escape into the night with the help of local citizens who harbor these fugitives and conceal their identities from the authorities. It is believed that the terrorist attack was a response to the policies enacted by the occupying country’s government. Even stronger policies are anticipated by the local citizens." ("Boston Tea Party Was Act of Terrorism?").…
After reading and analyzing, “The Boston Massacre Trails” I feel like the movie left out some parts of the trial that I found interesting in the article. For example, John Adam’s assistant in the trial, Josiah Quincy, happened to be the younger brother of the trial’s prosecutor Samuel Quincy. Another interesting fact was that Samuel Quincy was a loyalist. However, he was prosecuting against the British soldiers. Overall, I do think that the movie did a great job depicting the Boston Massacre Trials. However, I also believe that the article as more detailed and had more interesting facts.…
The film’s depiction of the trial differed from the article in the sense that, the men were found guilty of manslaughter, not let go free and the Boston Massacre’s trial was much longer in the article. In the docudrama, once John Adams had defended the soldiers and won the trial, it was shown as if they were able to just walk away from the scene. However, many complications came before they were let go without a death penalty. Also, in the article, the trial of this case occurred seven months after the trial, allowing much anxious uproar to arise around the town.…
After quite some time of thought, I find the first man, Capt. Preston, to be not guilty of murder at any degree. He did not actually murder anyone because he did not have a gun during the Boston massacre, making it impossible for Preston to actually kill another man. There was also no disputable evidence that Capt. Preston ordered his men to shoot. After all, the eight men were provoked to shoot without command to do so.…
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 by trying to murder a soldier, throwing snowballs, and clubs. Then the Colonists tried to look blameless by not fighting back, and not putting Crispus Attucks in the photo. But in order to understand the Boston Massacre, you need to understand the whole story.…
In 1767, British soldiers were sent to Boston to keep order. There was high tension between the British soldiers and the colonists. At 9'o clock at night, a fight broke out and 5 colonists were killed. The Boston Sons of Liberty called the event the Boston Massacre. Historians wondered if the Boston Massacre was an act of self defense by the soldiers or if the soldiers murdered the colonists. After further investigation on this topic, I propose that the British soldiers murdered the colonists.…
The Kent State shooting or May 4th Massacre was a very significant and controversial event in the 1970. This involved armed guardsmen firing 67 rounds in 13 seconds into a crowd of protesting students. This resulted in nine wounded students and four shot dead. This was a significant event as it began the nation-wide anti-war movement, opposing the war in Vietnam.…
On March 5, 1770 a specific event took place that 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 British soldiers’ lives were under threat and had to use equal force. In addition, a massacre is when many are killed and it consists of an innocent/defenseless side. In the Boston Massacre, both sides were not defenseless. This was not murder either because, this event was not planned or was meant to happen. The British soldiers weren’t intending to kill these colonists. Lastly, manslaughter wouldn’t be reasonable because, the British soldiers killed these colonists in act of defense/protection.…
Throughout history, a multitude of nations have intended to resolve their differences and conflicts with their ruling bodies, but ultimately resorted to a revolution in order to make the changes they sought to become a reality. A prime example of this was the American Revolution during the late eighteenth century. In the 1760’s and leading into the 1770’s, many colonists agreed that the British were neglecting the complaints of the colonies and generally failing to satisfy the needs of the colonists. As a result, peace was attempted and many compromises and appeals were submitted to Britain, but to no avail. Ultimately, the colonists resorted to separating from Britain and declaring America an independent nation. Therefore, there was a shift…
The Boston Massacre was a tragic incident the occurred on March 5, 1770. Five colonists were shot dead during this event. Some people believe it was an accident and someone yelled fire and not the British leader. Others believe it was planned and their leader DID yell fire at the scene.…
Analysis of the situation surrounding the Boston Massacre is necessary for determining who was at fault. Let’s look at the British redcoats’ points of view first. Preceding the ‘bloody massacre’ there were brawls. On Saturday, March 3, 1770 Private John Carroll and two other soldiers fought against the rope workers and James Bailey. These brawls were relatively small, and only few people were hurt. However, the fight angered both sides, and they were eager to fight. The Sunday directly after, a sergeant was missing. Rumors took that colonists had killed him. The British were even more paranoid and nervous. The rumor was proved false when they later found Sergeant Chambers at a ‘pleasure house,’ but the damage was already done- the British, paranoid of the Americans, had caused 11 casualties.…
The second cause is the amount of taxes the colonists had to pay. One of the taxes…
The shootings that occurred at Kent State University, Ohio, on May 4, 1970 have been a dark spot in American history for almost 36 years. It is a day remembered by many names, THE KENT STATE SHOOTINGS, MAY 4 or the KENT STATE MASSACRE. Four students were killed and nine were wounded, all of America suffered.…