Bloody Boston: The American Revolution
In this film there are shown two sides of the American Revolution. The Americans and the Britishers had equally contributed to the American Revolution. My understanding of the American Revolution was limited to the disturbance created by the British troops, but after viewing this film my understanding has extended to believe that colonists had triggered these reactions from British Parliament. The Stamp Act, a decision made by British Parliament, was to impose taxes on the colonies in order to gain more money, because England was in need for it. The Americans viewed this as British Parliament obtaining their power over American’s liberty (“Boston, Bloody Boston: The Revolution”). My understanding of American revolution was limited to the Boston
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Benjamin Franklin living in London in order to make compromise from Americans side. This seemed surprising because he was a traitor and it would cause a big trouble for Franklin in future. In 1768, when England had collision course with America, 1000 British troops were sent to create antagonism to which colonists did not react well (“Boston, Bloody Boston: The Revolution”). During this event, British troops had not acted violent first, in fact, surprisingly, it was colonists who had started the fight and had forced Britishers to use weapon against them which caused 5 civilians to die. This was known as the start of Boston Massacre which was viewed as British slaughtering civilians, by Patriots (“Boston, Bloody Boston: The Revolution”). This event was also surprising because I had learned that Britishers had attacked first and learning that civilians with firm conviction were able to attack first seemed astonishing. After England sent 3000 troops, it was expected of the British troops to attack first, yet the outcome was notably distinct as 73 Britishers had died, 174 wounded, and 26 missing while 49 Americans had died, 40 wounded, and 5 missing (“Boston, Bloody Boston: The Revolution”). This was notably different because British troops were very strong, armed, and trained, however Americans were equally strong as they defeated so many of British
Benjamin Franklin living in London in order to make compromise from Americans side. This seemed surprising because he was a traitor and it would cause a big trouble for Franklin in future. In 1768, when England had collision course with America, 1000 British troops were sent to create antagonism to which colonists did not react well (“Boston, Bloody Boston: The Revolution”). During this event, British troops had not acted violent first, in fact, surprisingly, it was colonists who had started the fight and had forced Britishers to use weapon against them which caused 5 civilians to die. This was known as the start of Boston Massacre which was viewed as British slaughtering civilians, by Patriots (“Boston, Bloody Boston: The Revolution”). This event was also surprising because I had learned that Britishers had attacked first and learning that civilians with firm conviction were able to attack first seemed astonishing. After England sent 3000 troops, it was expected of the British troops to attack first, yet the outcome was notably distinct as 73 Britishers had died, 174 wounded, and 26 missing while 49 Americans had died, 40 wounded, and 5 missing (“Boston, Bloody Boston: The Revolution”). This was notably different because British troops were very strong, armed, and trained, however Americans were equally strong as they defeated so many of British