The soldiers are innocent of murder because the colonists were armed, dangerous, and angry at new taxes imposed on them. Theodore Bliss has proof that the soldiers were innocent. He stated that the colonists were insulting the soldiers and throwing snowballs at the soldiers. This gives the soldier the right to self defence. They had every reason to shoot.…
The British soldiers were the aggressors because they terrified the Patriot by antagonizing them, terrifying innocent people, and killing the ones that were not armed. It displays how the british had no mercy for the Patriots. The British did what was necessary to make sure that they got what they came here to do. The Patriots also did some cruel actions towards the British. Everything that the British and Patriots had done, the British did far more worse force than the Patriots.…
The colonists were not happy and did not believe it was fair . Obviously people, the Patriots, did not wish to have more taxation without representation. Therefore, the colonists were not thrilled about having the Redcoats here. England was sending more British troops in their colony to enforcing more tax laws. The Boston Massacre was an indiscriminate slaughter of American colonists on the night of March 5th, 1770.…
Even though the Boston Massacre was one-sided, it killed many people. Paul Revere created an engraving and it, “was sent throughout the Colonies in the following weeks to arouse anti-British feelings,” (Doc 3). After the Battle of Lexington and Concord, the colonists heard of the death that occurred, and their feelings about the King changed quickly. Including Thomas Paine, “ No man was a warmer wisher for a [peaceful settlement] than myself, before the fatal nineteenth of April, 1775, but the moment the event of that day was made known, I rejected the hardened, sullen-tempered [King of England] for ever.” (Doc 6).…
The American Revolution started because Britain wanted the Americans to pay taxes for war. These Americans did not want to pay and said that Britain is not doing it for American's benefits. Britain decided to impose laws to get money from the colonists, making them dissatisfied. The Boston Massacre was one of the key events to happen due to British tax laws. Was the Boston Massacre truly a massacre despite five colonists being killed?…
Shots were fired, lives were lost, and another leg of the American Revolution began. The Boston Massacre caused the tension within the colonies between the Americans and the British that were stationed in Boston to escalate quickly. The Boston Massacre was a predictable event that was bound to happen, considering that anyone under a mistreating power will respond in a violent manner sooner or later. King George III was becoming increasingly irritated with the colonists response to the taxes that he was imposing, and repealing over and over again. The King began to treat the colonists like they were property and He owned them.(Boston Massacre Historical Society, 2)…
The Quartering Act required colonists to provide housing for British troops which was uncomfortable for the colonists because they did not want Redcoats in their homes. On March 5, 1770, a crowd of townspeople were protesting Britain’s actions regarding the colonies. They attacked ten redcoats who opened fired on them killing or wounding eleven colonists. The Boston Massacre was proof of how unhappy the colonists were and the dangerous results it could lead to, yet Britain did not take the hint. In April 1775, a British commander in Boston sent troops to Lexington to seize colonial gunpowder and to capture the rebel colonists, Samuel Adams and John Hancock.…
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.…
The widely known Boston massacre was one of the most iconic events that helped shape our United States of America. On March 5, 1770 eight British soldiers will fire onto a crowd on Kingś street killing five colonists and injuring many more. I do not believe Captain Preston or his men are to blame for firing among what turned into a rioting mob. Throughout this paper I will prove Captain Preston and his British soldiers are not guilty of murder but instead acted in self defence against an unlawful mob. William Sawyer a Boston citizen describes what he witnessed in ¨Eyewitness accounts of the Boston Massacre (1770)¨ He states that “The people kept huzzaing.…
Paul Revere is worthy of a heroic poem because he played an integral role in the American Revolutionary War. First, he was a member of the Sons of Liberty. In the group, Revere was able to work with important figures who would eventually become founding fathers, like John Hancock. Revere acted as a strong voice for the colonists, so he became a very influential figure in the Sons of Liberty. Also, Revere was a participant in the Boston Tea Party.…
Paul Revere Paul Revere was not a unique hero before the battle of Lexington. On April 18 and 19 1775 Paul Revere took his famous Midnight Ride. One of the resources we used was the Longfellow poem that tells the story of the Midnight Ride of Paul Revere. In the Longfellow poem there were things that Paul Revere did that night.…
Depictions and reports of abuse by the British towards the colonists throughout the 13 colonies was used to further heighten the tensions throughout the land and act as a rallying point for further protests and resistance14. The desire for self-rule began to take hold and filter throughout all of the colonies. The crumbling relationship between the colonies and their British rulers led to further decent and ultimately to significant changes. In May of 1770, all British troops were forced out of Boston and into the Castle Island, thus temporarily ending the immediate tensions between the citizens of Boston and the representatives of the King.15 The Boston Massacre is considered one of the most important events that turned the colonial settlements against the British Parliamentary Rule16.…
The British soldiers are clearly guilty of murder. The colonist did not provoke the soldiers to fire, except for a couple of snowballs being thrown. This is not an excuse for the soldiers to shoot unarmed colonists. Joseph Petty, a colonists and eyewitness, states that,”The whole time I was in King Street, I saw no insult or abuse offered the soldiers.”…
The American Revolution was stimulated through a various amount of reasons such as the Provincial Congress, the Constitutional Convention, and the pamphlet titled “Common Sense” by Thomas Paine. Through many of the reasons listed, they were full of colonists tired of the continuous unjust punishments enacted upon them, such were the Intolerable Acts of 1774 and the Boston Massacre, causing enraged colonists to band together and create a new nation through their own beliefs. On March 5, 1770, The Boston Massacre occurred, causing the deaths of five American civilians. The American colonists viewed this as an act of tyranny and a reason to stand up for themselves.…
Although the colonists appear to be, and may have been most at fault, it can be clearly seen that both sides played a major role in the violent…