Why did John Wilkes Booth say “Thus Always to Tyrants”? Abraham Lincoln was assassinated on April 14, 1865 by John Wilkes Booth at Ford’s Theatre(Lincoln Assassination para. 1). Lincoln went to see “Our American Cousin” with his wife and two guests and without a bodyguard(Lincoln Assassination para. 1). Booth shot Lincoln during laughter and jumped down, shouted “Thus always to tyrants”, and escaped. He was assassinated because Booth didn't like that he was going to give blacks the right to vote(Lincoln Assassination para. 2), but some people believe that he was assassinated because he caused the Civil War(Abraham Lincoln para. 8). Lincoln was assassinated because of the controversy over his speech on giving literate African American
