Introduction
The Boston Massacre also known as the “massacre perpetrated in King Street” is quite possibly the most misnamed event in American history. What was in 1770 considered a massacre, would today by historians be seen as merely an angry mob gone awry. A massacre, as defined by Webster's Dictionary is an act or instance of killing a number of usually helpless or unresisting human beings under circumstances of atrocity or cruelty. But were those citizens involved in the massacre really helpless and unresisting. And were the British soldiers who fired into the crowd doing so to be cruel, or to restore order to an already turbulent situation. But whether or not this event really was a massacre is not what is being examined here. And while
The Boston Massacre also known as the “massacre perpetrated in King Street” is quite possibly the most misnamed event in American history. What was in 1770 considered a massacre, would today by historians be seen as merely an angry mob gone awry. A massacre, as defined by Webster's Dictionary is an act or instance of killing a number of usually helpless or unresisting human beings under circumstances of atrocity or cruelty. But were those citizens involved in the massacre really helpless and unresisting. And were the British soldiers who fired into the crowd doing so to be cruel, or to restore order to an already turbulent situation. But whether or not this event really was a massacre is not what is being examined here. And while