Reasons For The Boston Massacre

A massacre is known to be a brutal and indiscriminate slaughter of unimpeachable people therefore the use of the word massacre for this event is ambiguous, in truth, the Boston massacre should have been classified as a little dispute, brawl, or riot between mother country and colonies owing to the facts that; all the propaganda that was printed emphasized and exaggerated the actual actions taken by both the colonists and the British, the colonists made the first move, and the British only used what is known as self defense to protect themselves from harm. Biased opinions often affect how people tend to tell their side of the story to others, likewise, the colonists used propaganda as a way to gain sympathy and put the fault of the fight …show more content…
Thomas Preston, advisor to the “redcoats” never had any motive to fire at the colonists. He had never ordered any of his men to shoot or even fight the colonist for any reason (Preston). Thomas only states that his men were attacked and beat. Even after so, he advised his men to go to the scene immediately with unloaded weapons, which was ordered by Preston. The Redcoats were sent by England in an attempt to only enforce laws and create a more "under controlled" situation but in doing so, colonists had to shelter the soldiers as well as watch them take jobs away from the colonists. Therefore, the colonies not only had to use their own money on the soldiers that were never welcomed but now the money that was suppose to be handed to them to help feed their families were now going to be given and used by the unwelcomed guests. The result from all these incidents and arrangements were the cause of colonists wanting and feeling a need to provoke the British in order to feel more independent or in control. All these events lead up to making the colonists furious and wanting to take a stand. Taking a stand in the actions of the colonies were basically throwing snowballs, clubs, and manure at soldiers near them. Since the colonies had the right to take a stand the British also had the right to try to stay …show more content…
The Boston Massacre is not eligible to be condemned as a true massacre concerning the issues that propaganda was used to give people the wrong impression of the fight, the first people to make a move was the colonists, and the use of self defense by the British was completely legal. In any history case, the conflict has already taken place and there is nothing we can do to change the past but instead we can learn and change what we didn 't like about the past so history won 't repeat