The boston Massacre was not a spur of the moment kind of thing. There had been tension between the British and Colonist for a while. The Colonist think that the British have been abusing their power and using it for putting many taxes over the colonies. There was many debates on British taxes, especially the navigation and sugar act. As the British kept piling on taxes the Colonies had enough and finally decide to have the protest which led to the Boston Massacre. Many documentations or pictures on the event depict many opinions on if it is or is not a massacre. According to the background information and the peoples opinions you can see that some may look biased. However, there was not a Massacre on March 5, 1770 in Boston because both sides had weapons and the colonist were impelling the British to attack.
In multiple sources it shows or says that both sides had weapons in this event. In the source titled Boston Massacre, March 5, 1770 by John Bufford it depicts the colonist fighting back which gave the event more a battle scene. A massacre is killing towards the guiltless and if they were fighting back then that shows that they were not law-abiding. This evidence is corroborated with Document 4 Case of Capt. Thomas Preston by the captain himself. He explains that “The mob …show more content…
In source 3 Account of the Boston Massacre which was created by a son of liberty group member and 4 Case of Capt. Thomas Preston, a well known British soldier, both explain that the colonist were throwing snowballs at the British soldiers. Throwing the snowballs is tempting the soldiers to enforce rule and made the colonist seem less innocent. Also, document 4 goes into more detail on how the colonist were insulting the british officers. It explains that the colonist called “why don't you fire?”. These rude words made the colonist seem more rude and
In multiple sources it shows or says that both sides had weapons in this event. In the source titled Boston Massacre, March 5, 1770 by John Bufford it depicts the colonist fighting back which gave the event more a battle scene. A massacre is killing towards the guiltless and if they were fighting back then that shows that they were not law-abiding. This evidence is corroborated with Document 4 Case of Capt. Thomas Preston by the captain himself. He explains that “The mob …show more content…
In source 3 Account of the Boston Massacre which was created by a son of liberty group member and 4 Case of Capt. Thomas Preston, a well known British soldier, both explain that the colonist were throwing snowballs at the British soldiers. Throwing the snowballs is tempting the soldiers to enforce rule and made the colonist seem less innocent. Also, document 4 goes into more detail on how the colonist were insulting the british officers. It explains that the colonist called “why don't you fire?”. These rude words made the colonist seem more rude and