On March 5, 1770, the city of Boston bore witness to a massacre of the vilest kind. A squad of British soldiers fired on an unarmed group of Bostonians and murdered five people. I know some people have the belief that the British are not to blame in this situation and that they were only acting in self-defense. In reality, the opposite is true. So let us review the events of that fateful day.
A crowd gathered to protest the unfair Townshend acts that, as you know, have placed taxes on common goods like tea, paper, glass, lead, and paints. A British sentry called for backup dealing with the crowd. At this point, the crowd started throwing snowballs in protest and one young man had become -in the eyes of the Red Coats - a little too rowdy. A
A crowd gathered to protest the unfair Townshend acts that, as you know, have placed taxes on common goods like tea, paper, glass, lead, and paints. A British sentry called for backup dealing with the crowd. At this point, the crowd started throwing snowballs in protest and one young man had become -in the eyes of the Red Coats - a little too rowdy. A