If I was on the jury on the Boston Massacre case I would have voted not guilty. Captain Preston and his men were tricked into firing into the crowd of laborers on March 5, 1770. For example Capt. Preston was asked if he told his men to fire and he answered no because he was standing in front of men making that if his men were to fire he would have sacrificed his very own life. In the John Adams miniseries Goddard said Capt. Preston was standing behind his men when in reality he was indeed standing

Even though the Boston Massacre was a short fight there were many events that lead to it. It occurred on the day of March 5, 1770, in Boston. So now we are going to talk about the events leading to the Boston Massacre. The Stamp Act announced that all printed material had to carry a stamp with it. Unsurprisingly, the stamp was not free, and they did this to gain more revenue for Britain. The cause of the purchase of the stamp mostly affected the people who used a lot of paper, like the newspapers

In recent discussions pertaining to Thomas Preston, a controversial issue that has been recognized is whether he was innocent or guilty in the events of the Boston Massacre. On one hand, some people dispute that Preston was faultless. From this perspective, it is believed that he was not to blame for the actions of his troops when they opened fire into the crowd. They believe the bitter actions of the troops should not reflect onto Captain Preston. On the other hand; however, others argue that

On the evening of March 5th, 1770 on the cold streets of Boston, a group of British soldiers gunned down a crowd gathered in protest. What started as a group of young men harassing a guard would quickly escalate into what would later be referred to as the Boston Massacre as well as serve as fuel for the growing anger of the colonists towards Britain. This paper will analyze two accounts of this event. One is of a civilian observer by the name of William Wyatt whose account, while short, is to the

“FIRE, FIRE, DAMN YOU, FIRE! I DARE YOU!” yelled the colonists on the street as they threw snowballs, rocks, shells and clubs at the British soldiers. This was the beginning of what was called the Boston Massacre, it occurred on the night of March 5th, 1770. On this night, five men and boys were killed because of the confusion between the soldiers and the colonists. In this event, the British soldiers clearly felt threatened and the colonists were instigating trying to pick a fight with them. Another

The Boston Massacre was a pivotal event in history for America. Blood was shed, friendships were broken, and somehow, in the end, liberty and revolution resulted from it all. Although appearing to be a simple event from the outside, one would be surprised at the Boston Massacre's complexity and its effects on the revolution afterward. This momentous event changed the lives of the British and the colonists forever. If one takes a closer look, one can observe the complex and intriguing relationships

In two famous engravings of the Boston Massacre, Engraving of the Boston Massacre by Paul Revere and The Fruits of Arbitrary Power by Henry Pelham, viewers are given different views of the same event through the use of various artistic techniques. If one looks closer at these two engravings, it becomes apparent that there are differences between how two groups, American Colonists and British Troops, are presented as good, evil, or morally ambiguous. Through the use of various artistic techniques

forth between believing that the Boston Massacre was murder or self defense. But it is clear that is was an act of murder on the part of the Red-Coat soldiers. There were many pieces of evidence leaning onto the side of murder, the first one being that every murder has a motive right? This motive involved a colonist named Samuel Gray and a soldier named Killroy. A day before the massacre happened, Killroy and Samuel got in a fight in Samuels shop. The night of the massacre Killroy had a chance, and he