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Civil War: The Boston Massacre

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In my opinion I think that both sides were at fault, but ultimately it was the fault of the British soldiers. The Townshend acts was a series of acts passed down by the Parliament of Great Britain. However, the colonist did not agree with the acts because it raised revenues in order to pay for government officials. The colonist began a riot, thus resulting in the importation of British troops within Boston. The Boston Massacre happened on March 5th, 1770. The tension between the British soldiers and the colonist in Boston was on the rise. Altercations between the redcoats, British soldiers, and the colonist happened often as a simple disagreement would result in street fights and riots. With so many British troops deployed in Boston, the competition for limited jobs increased resulting in the frustration of colonist who claimed it was unfair because …show more content…

The colonist was angry and the soldiers panicked as they were surrounded by mobs of angered colonist and the sons of liberty. Looking at the situation on the side of the British soldiers, it was safe to say that they were scared and angry because of the sheer amount of colonist who surrounded them. However, this still does not give them the right to open fire among unarmed civilians without authorization. One could argue that their lives were in danger as they were going to be attacked, but I would argue that there could have been other ways to attempt to fix the situation. On the other hand, looking at the side of the colonist mobbing the soldiers and provoking them by throwing stuff at them was not a wise decision either. Even if they were frustrated with the British soldiers invading their town, there was no reason for them to do what they did which ultimately led to the soldiers opening fire out of

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On March 5 1770, a street fight occurred between British soldier and a crowd of colonist, assembler at the custom house in Boston and started insulting the British soldier who was guarding the building; Those colonist where protesting because of the occupation of their city by the British troops sent there in Boston to authorize a taxation measure passed by the British parliament and needed American representation, and also call a Townshend Acts. While colonist was protesting outside the building, the British captain and commanding officer Thomas Preston, requested his soldier to settle their bayonets and join the other guar outside the building. The colonists reacted be tossing snowballs and different items at the British regular, and private

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BREAKING NEWS from the colonies, last night on March 5, 1770 at the Customs House an altercation between the British Troops and the colonists began, causing the deaths of 5 colonists. Yet, the colonists are no angels, what was supposed to be a small demonstration against the British turned deadly. The colonists are said to have provoked officers, by throwing stones, snowballs, and sticks at them. The history of the Boston, Massachusetts colonists and the British Troops is not good all. This is because ever since the British Troops were placed in the colony to enforce the Townshend Acts, the colonists have been on edge, but the peace has been kept until now.

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According to Captain Thomas Preston in Document B, “On my asking the soldiers why they fired without orders, they said they heard the word fire and supposed it came from me. This might be the case as many of the mob called out fire, fire, but I assured the men that I gave no such order.” Since somebody shouted the order to fire, the British soldiers were wholly following what they thought was an official order. If nobody from the British ordered “fire,” the Americans could have been firing lethal weaponry. And because they waited for an order to shoot, it proves they did not fire into the crowd solely to put an end to the protest.

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The british kept victimizing the colonist and they finally provoked them and the tension bubbled into violence. The boston massacre had a result of five deaths which were all colonist. The reason

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he infamous street fight that took place in Boston, Massachusetts is referred to as The Boston Massacre. The Boston Massacre occurred on March 5, 1770. The riot started when a few young boys began to throw stones and rocks at British soldiers who were guarding the Customs House. The crowd around the boys started to grow larger and larger, and then people from the crowd begun to join the boys, throwing ice at the soldiers and taunting them. The soldiers then fired, killing five colonists.

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Someone in the regiment got panicked and started to fire back at the colonists. John Adams has described that the mob of Boston men were a bunch of angry and insolent men toward the troops.. Furthermore, the colonists was yelling, threatening and throwing everything they could find at the British soldiers

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On the night March 5th, 1770, the Boston Massacre occurred. It took place during the enforcement of the unpopular taxation by British troops. One of the main reasons why the British troops were there was for the enforcement of taxation of the colonists, for example, The Stamp Act. These acts required Americans to pay a tax on every piece of printed paper they used. The colonists were furious because they had no say in whether the Stamp Act should pass or not.

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The colonists was throwing snowballs and had no other way to protect themselves. On the other hand the Redcoats had to protect themselves also. Based on other sources I was given in multiple court trials the court room discussed what happened in the Boston Massacre. It was both the colonists and the redcoats fault.

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Due to the use of propaganda, people were led to believe that the British soldiers were to blame for the massacre when in reality, that was not the case. The soldiers were acting solely in self-defense which made their actions justified and therefore, under the circumstances, not a massacre. During the Boston Massacre, only five people were killed as a last resort to stop the mobs advances on the soldiers. So, the Boston Massacre can not be accurately described as a massacre, since a massacre consists of the unnecessary killing of a large number of people. All things considered, the event known today as the Boston Massacre was not truly a massacre at

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The Boston Massacre is an event most Americans and British students learn about over the course of their education. In America, we learn that British soldiers fired upon innocent civilians, although this may not have been the case. British historians have referred to the Boston Massacre as the "Incident on King Street". After looking over the "Captain Thomas Preston 's Account of the Boston Massacre", as well as "Boston Massacre Trial Depositions" I believe that American historians should refer to the "Boston Massacre" as the "Incident on King Street". The definition of a massacre refers to an unnecessary and random killing of a large number of individuals.

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The Boston Massacre was a street fight that occurred on March 5, 1770, between a “patriot”. They were throwing sticks, snowballs, and trash at a group of British troops. The loyalists got very annoyed with the patriots so they shot into the mob killing five. The riot began when around 50 colonists attacked a British sentinel. A British officer called in for additional troops

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However, the reason the British Government had rule over the colonies in the first place was because of the British immigrants that moved from Britain over America. Whilst other European countries also did this, the 12 colonies were ruled and ‘owned’ by the British, for example, the French had control of Canada, or at least a substantial part of Canada, like territories such as Newfoundland. However, the British, in order to maintain control, used force which went too far in the example of the Boston Massacre. The Boston Massacre occurred when a group of Colonists taunted the British soldiers guarding a customs house and threw snowballs at the guards and when one hit Hugh Montgomery he pulled his rifle out on the crowd, which began the firing

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Tensions were high in Boston between the British and the Colonists. Between the Boston Massacre in 1770 and the Boston Tea Party in 1773, Britain was very upset with Boston. King George III, the Lord North- led British government and many of the British citizens were very upset and irritated when they found out that the Boston colonists had made “Tea with salt water”. Once the parliament heard of their escapade, they began thinking of a way to insure that there would be no more uprisings in the Massachusetts colony.

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They also didn 't have previous intentions of going against the colonists. They were voyaging over to Lexington, and got

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If the following events didn’t take place we wouldn’t have America. In my opinion the Boston Massacre was one of the very main causes to why the Road to Revolution took place. The reason I believe this was an important cause because it was, “ the first episode which resulted in the loss of life.” It is stated that, “Four Bostonians were killed when Redcoats fired into an angry mob.”

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