A few years before this‚ many incidents occurred which prodded colonists to rise up against the tyrannical British Parliament‚ one of such events was the event known as the Boston Massacre. This event occurred on March 5‚ 1770. A squad of British soldiers‚ come to support a sentry who was being pressed by a heckling‚ snowballing crowd‚ let loose a volley of shots. Three persons were killed immediately and two died later of their wounds. The British officer in charge‚ Capt. Thomas Preston was arrested
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March fifth‚ 1770 was a gruesome culmination of high tensions between the British forces and colonists inhabiting Boston. There is no doubt that this was one of the most appalling displays of bloodshed in history; but who is to blame for the instigation of this deplorable event? I believe that it was the British soldiers of the 29th regiment who initiated the Boston Massacre. Although the soldiers were somewhat provoked by the crowd on king street and by the ropewalk workers‚ the soldiers had a responsibility
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the streets of Boston causing mayhem; British soldiers arrived on the scene to find the civilians out of control‚ and in order to gain order knowing the risk that was being taken they put their lives in danger to get a furious mob under control. No one man deserves to have his life taking and neither does he deserves to have it threatened and that is exactly what these men were experiecneing as they stood befor a raging crowd of civilians as they tore threw the streets of Boston. To have you’re
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ranged gunshots were heard; Five men were found wounded on the ground. Although the Boston Massacre seemed to be the colonists’ fault since they started off by hurling insults‚ we must remember how the British Soldiers treated the colonists before. For example‚ the Quartering Act forced families to have open their homes to British Soldiers in order to shelter and feed them. Nevertheless‚ the news about the Boston Massacre spread quickly throughout the colonies.; Many of the colonists were shocked and
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Captain Thomas Preston’s Account of the Boston Massacre The excerpt from Captain Thomas Preston’s account of the Boston Massacre explains the events that occurred on March 13‚ 1770 were out his control‚ while leading to the deaths and injuries of many. He states‚ “I am‚ though perfectly innocent” in which he did not instruct his army to fire at the riot. “IT IS [A] MATTER OF TOO GREAT NOTORIETY TO NEED ANY PROOFS THAT THE arrival of his Majesty’s troops in Boston was extremely obnoxious to its inhabitants
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wars; such as the French‚ in World War I‚ stacking the Maginot Line while the Germans marched around it‚ and in World War II doing the exact same thing. Other mistakes include incidents on domestic soil in which protests turn violent such as the Boston Massacre in 1770 and the Kent State Shootings in 1970. Other than each happening on Mondays and occurring almost two hundred years apart‚ the two draw deeper comparisons to one another which caused widespread protest leaving marks in American history
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are a British Soldier that was assigned to protect the Customs House in Boston. An event the colonials call the “Boston Massacre” took place. You have been called back to London and must defend your innocence in the matter. Defend your actions. Critical thinking 2 In the years leading up to the American Revolution‚ the British sought to establish firm control over their American Colonies. The Boston Massacre also known as “Incident on king street “occurred on march 5‚ 1770.On
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Eventually‚ these tensions erupted with the riot on King Street in March of 1770‚ where five colonists died. Military presence in Boston was the British government’s first reaction to the colonies’ rebellion that did not involve passage of a new piece of legislation‚ which showed that they thought they needed physical force to remind the colonies of who was in charge. The colonists’ reaction to the British government’s first use of military force in the colonies showed how protective colonists had
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The Boston Massacre‚ the said “start” of the revolution. What really happened? We know 5 died‚ 2 injured‚ and 2 mortally injured. And even before the Massacre‚ there was a fight between a colonist ropemaker and a solder. What we don’t know‚ is who shot first? Did the Captain order fire? According to a Theodore Bliss‚ “I did not hear any Order given by the Captain to fire”. This is a debated theory. Some colonists say they clearly heard the Captain call fire; while others say they didn’t even hear
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because of this the rest of the soldiers fired as well and many of the colonists were killed. The Boston massacre was just one example of how the extreme military measures played a role in the American Revolution. The quartering act was the right given to a British soldier to live in a colonial home. This was a way of limiting the natural rights of the colonist. The coercive acts came after the Boston tea party. This acts allowed British military to close the port of Britain and allowed British troops
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