The Boston Globe

The Boston Massacre was the result of the colonists' frustration with British policies after the French and Indian War ended in 1763. They disliked Parliament's active involvement, and hated the presence of British soldiers, who seemed to be policing the colonists. They also resented the numerous attempts at taxation, such as the Sugar Act and Stamp Act, which Parliament tried to impose on them without their consent. When Parliament would not listen to their verbal protests, the expressions of…

In the wood carving by Paul Revere, I immediately noticed the dramatic scene on the left being carried out by the colonists. The apparent aggressor to the victims, is the British soldiers in red, towards the right. I believe Paul solely carved this to persuade loyalists to be revolutionaries, and to fight for a governmental change. It appealed indefinitely towards neutral audiences (as well as the loyalists who were previously mentioned). Paul Revere's carving is historically inaccurate. Of…

The Boston Massacre March 5, 1770, British soldiers fired upon a mob of rowdy crowd of colonists. This event, officially named the Boston Massacre, killed 5 colonists. The British soldiers not only fired without order, but fired without order on an unarmed crowd, unless you consider stones and snowballs ‘armed’. The British fired without order from a captain, or a commander. In fact, their Captain, Thomas Preston was not on sight when the attack occurred and had to travel to the section of…

The Boston massacre The Boston massacre was a famous shooting that started because of a small argument, also it started a famous pre-revolutionary war. “On the evening of Monday, March 5th, some soldiers were seen parading through the streets and waving swords and rifles. They were hurting some of the people in Boston.” How did the Boston massacre impact the colonists and the United States? This paper will cover how the Boston Massacre started,…

On March 5, 1770 a mob of colonists armed with clubs surrounded the customs house in Boston where the kings money was kept. The mob surrounded the guard posted there and threatened his life so the red coats were called in, to disperse the mob and the defend the customs house. The colonists started to attack the redcoats tasked with defending the customs house, Which lead to an unordered shot fired by one of the soldiers, not directly at the colonists. According to the Captain Thomas Preston the…

smith and an engraver. One of his most famous pieces of art was a depiction of the Boston Massacre in 1770. Although this is a firsthand account, it cannot be considered a reliable source. As an avid patron of the freedom of the colonists, his drawings are extremely biased in favor of the colonies. He leaves out the historical evidence of the Boston Massacre where the colonists are also at fault. Therefore, his Boston Massacre piece is a quintessential example of propaganda from the Sons of…

Was the Boston massacre really a massacre? Or was it something else? Consider if the soldiers were justified or not in firing into the crowd? Did they have sufficient cause to fire into the crowd? Before we answer these questions, we need to know what set the stage for this bloodshed or as history calls it “Boston Massacre.” It is important as human beings, we need to look at it objectively, instead of taking sides which is a natural tendency. Especially when we look at history, which happened…

Description of event An event that inspired me to write my journal was the mass murder act James Holmes committed on July 20th, 2012. The tragic event took place in a theater in Aurora, Colorado where the individuals watched Batman, The Dark Knight Rises. Before the movie ended, Holmes changed into his Joker costume and quickly returned to fulfill his role: killing innocent people. In order to do this, he threw smoke explosives in between numerous aisles to prevent individuals from leaving. As…

Boston Massacre Massacre: an indiscriminate and brutal slaughter of people; deliberately and violently kill (large number of people) The amount of troops populating Boston became too much for the citizens to handle. Their privacy was being stolen, as were their basic human rights. People grew frustrated and decided that it was time to ridicule the soldiers in a mob to make things better. But, later that night the tables turned for the worse in an act that will mark America´s history forever.…

Something that could change the United States forever. A leading story, the Boston Massacre is what they are calling it. We have just heard that five people have been killed, including British Soldiers and colonists. The things leading up to, this is the taxes that British put on us. “They felt it was a violation of their rights.” The British shot the first shot, they didn’t guns, they shot snowballs and other small things. We only started firing back because they hit one of our people.…