Patriots Vs Loyalists

Patriots and Loyalists essay; kendall hein

When examining the events of The Boston Massacre, the similarities and differences between Patriot and Loyalists’ perspectives must be considered.
The similarities between Patriots and Loyalists must be considered to better understand the Boston Massacre. One strong similarity was that both groups had different sides in arguments including having justice. In Creating America, Garcia notes that this caused both Patriot and Loyalists to "be in communication with each other and the events and arguments" (Garcia 96). This had a large effect on all people involved: British say they were loyal and just doing their job and that they shouldn't have justice against them. In conclusion they both had arguments
The Patriots felt they needed justice against the Loyalists because since there was no intention to fire, they shouldn't have. If the Loyalists heard “FIRE” that doesn't mean they needed to fire especially if they weren't doing anything wrong. However, Candidus, a Loyalist, did not think they should get justice because they thought they were just doing their duty, they argued that, they heard “fire” so they fired and did what they were supposed to do. When they heard fire they knew it was important but in the text it says “It was clear that the soldiers need to protect themselves from the aggressive mob and the shots were fired in self defense with no actual order to fire.” Another difference between the Patriot and Loyalists’ viewpoints was that, The patriots were throwing snowballs at the loyalists that seemed to them to be ice balls. The loyalists took it as a threat. The patriots wanted justice against the loyalists. In the passage it says “According to Captain Preston, under an officer’s code of honesty, there was never an intention to actually fire.”, but the Loyalists point of view was, the patriots were throwing snowballs at the Loyalists, they seemed to be ice balls to the loyalists. They took that as a threat. The loyalists heard “FIRE” so they followed commands and did what they were supposed to do, it doesn't matter who yelled it, it just matters that they heard it so they fired. In the passage it says “The soldiers fired in self defense into a angry mob led by a few men trying to inspire a rebellion in the colonies… soldiers, at their duty posts, minding their own business and acting non- confrontational, were verbally assaulted by Bostonian men with epitaphs of “bloody back”, “lousy rascal”,...scoundrel” and “lobster”. Clearly, the two sides had different views on this topic, and ultimately, these differences led to arguments between