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Did the Boston massacre start by a guy that threw a stick?
No, the Boston Massacre was started by colonists throwing snowballs at British soldiers.
Who led Boston massacre?
A colonist and a British soldier got into a fight more colonists and British soldiers arrived, the colonists were throwing snowballs and calling the British soldiers names. A few of the British soldier's fired into the crowd killing a few colonists.
Were the American colonists completely innocent in Boston massacre?
The American Colonists were not completely innocent in the Boston Massacre because they were the ones who started the massacre by throwing ice and snow at the British Soldiers
Why did the british soldiers kill colonists in the Boston massacre?
Because the British soldiers hated the colonists' guts.
Why did the Boston colonists and the British soldiers clash result in the Boston massacre?
Some colonists were throwing snowballs with sticks in them at the soldiers. One of the soldiers slipped and accidentally fired his gun. In confusion the other soldiers began to shoot at the colonists and killed 5 and injured 6.
Which action by the colonists could be categorized as an act of civil disobedience?
Placing restrictions on trade with Spain and France, Paying the stamp tax to British tax collectors, Firing guns at British soldiers at Lexington and Concord, Massachusetts, Colonists throwing British tea into Boston Harbor
What did Britain do in the buildup to American Revolution?
forced colonists to harbor British soldiers closed Boston's port
What is a site of a massacre and a tea party?
Boston, the Boston tea party when colonists rebeled against taxes they dumped tea into the harbor and the Boston Massacre when British soldiers shot and killed 5 colonists because they were calling them mean things and throwing snowballs at them.
During what incident did british troops fire on colonists for the first time killing five?
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.
Who won the Boston Massacre?
There was not a winning and a losing side in the Boston Massacre. Five Colonials died, and the soldiers were tried in civil court. Two were found guilty of manslaughter. But it was not a win nor a defeat. It was just a moment in history.
Why didnt the people of Boston want the British soldiers to be there?
Because in the past the British soldiers do not want Boston and they put Boston to pay taxes. The Boston colonists were forced to quarter the British soldiers. Quartering refers to housing and feeding them.
Why did the Boston massacre happed?
The Boston Massacre occurred because the Bostonians were protesting the presence of the British Forces being in there, the Bostonians were throwing snowballs at them and throwing rocks at them. The British soldiers shot at them to make them stop, and in the aftermath 5 Bostonian colonists were killed while the others ran away.
