How did the fight for the Boston massacre start?

Answer 1

The colonists had started to riot at Boston and were throwing snowballs that had ice and rocks in them at the redcoats. A redcoat got hit with a snowball and thought his leader said fire instead of don't fire. Then after the one redcoat shot, the riot advanced and the redcoats got scared and killed innocent lives.

Answer 2

In Boston. If your asking when, it started in March 5, 1770. If your asking how it started, it started when a few people started calling the soldiers' names like "bloodybacks", "lobsterbacks" and so on; they also threw rocks, ice, and snowballs at the soldiers.

Answer 3

The Patriots were indeed throwing snowballs with ice and rocks at the British soldiers. A British officer called Captain Thomas Preston called in additional troops when about 50 Patriots attacked a sentinel. The British were scared and three of them fired into the crowd killing 3 Patriots and wounding 8 others. John Adams (future US president) and Josiah Quincy defended the British actions in court.

Answer 4

Who knows. It was most likely Americans because they threw snowballs at the british soldiers... but, no one can really be sure

Answer 5

The Boston Massacre started, because civilian men were shouting and throwing snowballs at the British troops.

Answer 6

the Boston massacurre started when some colonists threw rocks at British soldiers in Boston. The massacre was when the soldiers fired into the taunting crowd killing 5 and wounding 6 more.

Answer 7

It was not a fight it was a bunch of young men who were throwing rocks and snowballs at the british troops and only 500 colonists died