On March 5, 1770 There was a shooting in Boston where british soldiers killed 5 colonists known as the boston massacre. Document D is Captain thomas preston going on trial for murder after the boston massacre. The boston massacre was not a massacre because there were only 4 colonists killed with other colonists attacking british troops with clubs. The soldiers were later put on trial for murder of the colonists even though most reliable sources say colonists fought back. With both sides fighting…
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Some people think that the Boston Massacre wasn’t an accident. Some Sources say it might have been and other sources says it wasn’t. The Boston Massacre was an accident. Here are some reasons why. As it states in “Towards Independence”, there was a lot of trouble happening in Boston at the time. The Boston Patriots were troublemakers in the Colonies. The Boston Patriots arrived in the Colonies and the colonists began throwing rocks and ice balls. They started shouting “Come on rascals, you bloody-backs…
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The History of the Boston Massacre Five people were murdered on the day of March 5, 1770. This tragedy was known as the Boston Massacre. In the beginning, Bostonians started throwing rocks, snowballs, and lumber at the British soldiers. Colonists were very frustrated with the British, because of the constant taxes on priced goods. The Boston Massacre was a key event that kick-started the American Revolution, as evidenced by the Boston shooting, the political outbursts between the British and the…
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135 13 April 2024. The Effects of Exaggeration on the Masses: How Taxation Evolved into the Boston Massacre and then the American Revolution. On March 5th, 1770, eleven protesting civilians were shot and killed after Boston civilians provoked British soldiers (“Today in History - March 5”). According to an anonymous source, five people died in total, and three on the spot. The Boston Massacre is known as a key point in American history, and one that led to the American Revolution. Many…
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Boston Massacre The Boston Massacre or the (Bloody Massacre) as Paul Revere would say. The Boston Massacre was a propaganda when Paul Revere painted it. One morning Red Coats came to the city of Boston. The patriots were so scared that, they threw stuff at the Red Coats. Captain Preston told them to load their guns and so they did, and shot five of the patriots. Paul revere made it a propaganda by drawing false things in the picture to make the Red Coats look bad.…
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place on March 5th, 1770. It paved the way to American freedom and the America that we have today. The American Revolution is composed of several events that lead to our eventual victory over Britain. One of these events is the Boston Massacre. Event The Boston Massacre was given its name by the colonists after 5 Bostonians were killed in what was supposedly a peaceful riot. It all started while Private White of the British military struck young Edward Garrick in the face for insulting his commanding…
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Boston Massacre: or tragedy In my opinion the Boston Massacre started because of the Bostonians. I will share three reasons why I feel the Bostonians were at fault for the Boston Massacre. It all began when some Bostonians walked out of a pub and created a disturbance with some officers (Redcoats) who were standing on the corner of the street. One Bostonian in the group first yelled out at one of the officers that he did not pay the wig maker. A ruckus was started between the first officer and…
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The Boston Massacre was not really a massacre and was not a reason for revolution. A massacre is the killing of a large number of people and from my resources I found that only as many as five people died. It was called a massacre by the use of the propaganda picture in source B. It shows a photo which made it look like it was more brutal and it harmed more people than it really did. In fact, many important events led up to the massacre. One of the causes that got the british mad was how the british…
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power.Freedom is something worth fighting and dying for because of,The American Revolution,Boston Tea Party,and The Boston Massacre. When talking about freedom.An historical topic comes to mind,The American Revolution.In the war,independence was key.It was a goal that everyone was gonna fight for.Even if it was going to lead them to death.Everyone took all the risks to fight/die for independence. The Boston Tea Party was an interesting event,that was always going to be remembered in history.The whole…
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