Boston Massacre

The 1770 Boston Massacre Boston massacre is one of the world known mass killings to have been witnessed during American Revolution in early 17th century. The massacre was originally known as ‘the Bloody massacre in king street’ as it was referred by Paul Revere. It took place in Boston, Massachusetts on March 5, 1770, the riots began from the group of 50 citizens who had converged outside State House protesting against the large number of British soldiers present in the city. The…

British Grand Mistakes The roars coming from the angry colonists, the gunshots fired by the colonists, and the smoke coming from from the gun fire. These horrific scenes took place in an event we call the Boston Massacre. This horrific event was a result of the many grand mistakes caused by the British. The British did not let the colonies have any word on the taxation laws being placed on the colonies. Little did the British know that this would eventually lead to a revolution that would lead…

Boston, Massachusetts leading up to the Revolutionary War The French and Indian war had ended and the British were drowning in debt. The year was 1763, and Britain had defeated France with the aid of the colonies. Their victory, however, had been obtained at a very high cost and now they had to pay it back. Parliament decided that the colonies should help pay off the debt because they were protecting them and their land. The colonists would have been in danger had it not been for Britain their…

This was the date of the Boston Massacre, which was, in no sense, truly a massacre. In Boston there were many people who felt as though Britain was hurting America. On the evening of March 5th, a group of rioters formed around British soldiers. They started to throw a lot of things at the soldiers, trying to…

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from other British subjects. Pioneer protection prompted brutality in 1770, when British warriors opened fire on a crowd of colonists, slaughtering five men in what was known as the Boston Massacre. When a band of Bostonians dressed like Mohawk Indians boarded British ships and dumped hundreds chests of tea into Boston Harbor, a shocked Parliament passed a progression of measures intended to reassert…

1. The Boston Massacre was a result of American colonialists who harassed and intimidated the British military in regards to the Stamp Act. This act violated the rights of the American colonialists because it was passed without their consent and did not benefit them. Several people were injured and killed in this attack between the British military and the colonialists. Many would say that this was propaganda to promote opposition against the British rule. The Boston Tea Party was also a very…

beginning. And although its impossible to pinpoint the single event that let to The American Revolution, there are many that stand out as major contributors to the start of this war. Colonial legislatures, The French and Indian war, The Boston Massacre, The Tea Act, and The Boston Tea Party were just some of the major factors and causes of The American Revolution. The distance between Britain and North America created the need for a localized…

occurred called The Boston Massacre. English soldiers were sent to the United States to “maintain order”, which was an underlying problem for the Bostonians.The Boston Massacre was a tragic event that eventually led to the American Revolution. Overall, the problems that led up to The Boston Massacre were rooted in the colonial resentment that the Bostonians had for the English parliament. Many people who lived in Boston had “bad feelings” about the english soldiers since they got to Boston,…

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…