You are asking about the Boston Massacre, but the event was propaganda for the colonists who were wanting to show a cause for leaving the British crown. Paul Revere drew a handbill to spin the event into something much more than it really was. Most history books today show the drawing when writing about it. Other events between colonists and troops happened in other places, but you don’t read about them. One reason is that Boston was the center of anti British activists.
He wanted to show the British that the colonists could be fair and treat others fairly. They at least had to try to be kind, fair, and willing with the British.
A group of drunk colonists were throwing rocks and snowballs at the troops, and one of them hit one of the troops with a club, so he shot him. Then, some of the other troops fired at the group of drunks and they killed five people.
Begun to make laws against it and send over more soldiers
1770
the boston massacre
The Boston Massacre in 1770, where five colonists were killed by British soldiers, was used as propaganda to turn more colonists against the British. This event was portrayed as a brutal attack on innocent civilians, fueling anti-British sentiments and contributing to the growing tensions that led to the American Revolution.
You are asking about the Boston Massacre, but the event was propaganda for the colonists who were wanting to show a cause for leaving the British crown. Paul Revere drew a handbill to spin the event into something much more than it really was. Most history books today show the drawing when writing about it. Other events between colonists and troops happened in other places, but you don’t read about them. One reason is that Boston was the center of anti British activists.
a conflict between the colonists and British soldiers in King Street, Boston on March 5th 1770. Five colonists were killed.
He wanted to show the British that the colonists could be fair and treat others fairly. They at least had to try to be kind, fair, and willing with the British.
The Boston Massacre. In defense of the British, the Colonists were throwing sticks and stones at the soldiers and the British were just trying to defend themselves. It was not really murder, it was self defense.
A group of drunk colonists were throwing rocks and snowballs at the troops, and one of them hit one of the troops with a club, so he shot him. Then, some of the other troops fired at the group of drunks and they killed five people.
Begun to make laws against it and send over more soldiers
The Bostinians were angry with the British troops in their town because the British were taxing them heavily in order to pay for the cost of the French and Indian war. The British used methods like the Stamp Act and the Navigation Acts to get more money. When the British saw the colonists getting angrier and getting close to the state of rebellion, they sent in troops to Boston to control the colonists. This eventually caused the Boston Massacre, in which seven British soldiers fired into an American crowd, killing five colonists.
1770
A total of 5 people were killed as a result of the Boston Massacre. Some of them died from their wounds several weeks after the shooting. 6 were wounded but survived.
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