They saw the soldiers as defending themselves from a dangerous mob.
the british soldiers vs the American colonists
At the Boston Customs House, a wigmaker's apprentice mistakenly harangued a British officer about an unpaid bill, and was struck by a British sentry, Private Hugh White. A confrontation with White and the other British soldiers grew heated, with as many as 200 colonists gathering. Some colonists taunted and threw items at the soldiers. One sentry was knocked down, and then (without an order) soldiers fired into the growing mob. Five colonists were killed and six wounded.
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The event that became known as the Boston Massacre (1770) was portrayed as an attack by British soldiers on peaceful colonists. At trial, most of the soldiers were acquitted because they were seen as responding to a threatening mob. But the overall sentiment of American colonists was already turned against the British army.
A picture of the Boston massacre would have an angry mob of American colonists protesting against british soldiers. Some colonists would be dead due to the soldiers firing at the crowd.
This was the Boston Massacre. It happened on March 5, 1770, in Boston, Massachusetts. British soldiers killed 5 civilians, and injured 6 others. British troops had been stationed in Boston to enforce unpopular Parliamentary legislation. A mob formed around some British soldiers, and in response, they fired into the crowd, instantly killing 3 people and wounding others. 2 more people died later of wounds sustained in the incident.
The Boston Massacre involved nine British Army soldiers who were being harassed and verbally abused by an angry civilian mob. Without being ordered to do so, the soldiers fired into the crowd of people, killing five and injuring six.
This was the Boston Massacre. It happened on March 5, 1770, in Boston, Massachusetts. British soldiers killed 5 civilians, and injured 6 others. British troops had been stationed in Boston to enforce unpopular Parliamentary legislation. A mob formed around some British soldiers, and in response, they fired into the crowd, instantly killing 3 people and wounding others. 2 more people died later of wounds sustained in the incident.
The term British Soldiers applies to all soldier of the United Kingdom, and historically all soldiers of the British Empire.
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the Bostonians hated the british soldiers because they kept on tormenting them