The Boston Globe

Before the war in what the Patriots call the Boston Massacre the British were blamed for shooting the “innocent” colonists. These Redcoats were frightened by the colonists throwing bricks at them and finally they didn’t know what to do, so they reached their “breaking point”. When the our English Service…

goods. It was a day that no one thought violence would erupt, but it did. The Boston Massacre happened because colonists were still mad annoyed by the Quartering Act resulting to fistfights and name-calling in streets. Then, on one March 5th, soldiers fired at angry colonists and killed 5 people all because of the Quartering Act. In addition, who can forget the Tea Act? As a result of the Tea Act Patriots organized the Boston Tea Party. In short, Parliaments acts are the reason for protests,…

To Whom it May Concern at the Boston Gazette: The colonists are to blame for the Boston Massacre, because they have provoked the British to open fire by forming a mob, through taunts, and by the uncertainty of who was saying fire. First, the colonists have attempted to portray an act of violence without any provocation, which got matters complicated. According to the report of Captain Preston, the colonist “[assembled together] to attack the troops, and [they rang] the bells…as the signal…

not the people you want to chose. Well first of all they cause a lot of tension between us, such as The Proclamation of 1763 and how those dumb rules were cast upon us, that wasn’t a very fun time and don’t even get me started with The Boston Massacre and The Boston Tea Party those were horrible acts played on us, that was the moment where we couldn’t tolerate them any longer. When the Proclamation of 1763 was issued that really made us angry because of all the unnecessary enforcements put…

men dressed as Mohawk Indians dumped a lot of tea from East India, 342 chests of it to be exact. • The parliament decided to chastise the colonists, pacifying the residents of Boston and Massachusetts. • The Parliament decides to agree on a set of acts that changed Boston’s laws. They ended up closing the port of Boston on June 1, 1774 • Two additional Intolerable acts are passed, and The Massachusetts act, alongside the Admission of Justice act take place May of 1774. The Americans called…

The Source starts with a general summary of the context of the Boston Tea party. It stated why the American Colonist did what they did. The source tells what significance the Boston Tea Party had on the American Colonist view on independence. The Article then goes on to tell why the Boston Tea Party took place. How Britain enforced different taxes to try and alleviate the debt that had previously been created. They explain how some of the taxes work, such as the Stamp Act which placed a tax on…

The Boston Tea Party was the dumping of tea into the harbor in Boston. This act was committed by The Sons of Liberty. The Sons of Liberty were a group of colonists that were protesting against British taxes and laws. They were led by Samuel Adams.They dressed as Mohawk Indians to climb aboard ships and protest by dumping tea into the Harbor. The Boston tea party was the result of angry colonists protesting. They were protesting the British Tea tax. The British Tea tax was the tax on tea. Nine…

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…

One of the most known events in history to happen in Boston . The only event ever to happen like this. The one historical event that earned the title of the incident on king street named by the British personally. The one event where British soldiers were ready too fire and attack while the opposing side the colonists, were prepared to strike and defend their beloved town and keep it the way they intended to have it from the veary begining. The event where you would be terrified imagine it…

The Boston Massacre was a violent conflict that occurred on 5th of March 1770 before the start of the American Revolution in Boston, Massachusetts. During the evening hours of that day, a fight broke between British Soldiers and colonial residents at the Customs House on King Street. Due to the tension created by the resentful riot in Boston, British soldiers fired shots at the rioting mob, and as a result, several people were wounded and consequently leading to the death of five American…