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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.
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.
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.
What wass the Boston Massacre?
the boston massacre was when british soldiers were positioned in the colonies and colonists didnt want them there. colonists started poking them and hitting them with sticks so they fired their muskets, killing 5 people
What did the Battle of Bunker Hill accomplished?
It was a British victory although more British were killed than colonists, so I guess it accomplished killing more British than colonists.
The event that spawned from the taunting and throwing of snowballs at a British soldier guarding a customs house became known as the?
The taunting of a British soldier guarding a customs house ended in the Boston Massacre. Angry colonists gathered in protest of the presence of British soldiers in Boston. The situation quickly escalated when someone threw and hit a British soldier with a snow ball. The British soldiers opened fire, killing five.
Why were bostonians angry with British in their town?
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.
What lead up to the Boston massacre?
The colonists were angry and resentful over the Townshend Acts and the Stamp Act imposed upon them by the British Parliament. They referred to them as the Intolerable Acts. On March 5, 1770, a group of colonists were taunting some of the British soldiers stationed in Boston. After being threatened verbally and having things thrown at them, the British soldiers fired into the crowd killing five people and wounding six others. This incident became known at the Boston Massacre.
The killing of five men in Boston by panicked british soldiers is known as the?
Boston massacre
Why did the people of Boston dislike the British 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.
What event happened on March 5 1770?
March 5 1770 was the day of the Boston Massacre. It started because some colonists were taunting a British soldier. The soldier ran to get help and more soldiers and colonists gathered at the steps of the Customs House. The colonists through ice and a soldier fell over then shot into the crowd. more shots followed. 5 colonists died and 6 were wounded.
How did the Boston massacre help the colonists's cause?
The "political spin" created a sense that the British troops were out of control and killing colonist. It played into the patriot Propaganda and Paul Revere created a handbill showing British soldiers shooting colonist throwing snow balls. In a sense it galvanized the fence sitters to the patriot cause.
