Boston Massacre

The Boston Massacre was a skirmish on March 5, 1770, between British troops and a crowd in Boston. After provocation (throwing snow/ice balls) by the colonists, British soldiers fired on the mob and killed five men. This event contributed to the unpopularity of the British in the years leading up to the American Revolution.

The Patriots were highly upset about the Boston Massacre. Yet, they knew that this moment provided them the perfect opportunity to talk of separation with Britain. They used the shooting of colonists by the Redcoats as an impetus to decry furthering their colonial status.

Hostilities between the American colonists and the British army did not begin in 1776. The seeds of the rebellion of one Great Britain's wonderful and wealthy colonies, the American colonies had been brewing many years. The world of today would have been radically different if the British had not lost the American Revolutionary War. In 1770, tensions between Bostonians and the British troops were high. The soldiers were constantly harassed. A crowd of Boston folks were forming a crowd around a small group of British soldiers. Believing their lives were in danger, the soldiers fired into the crowd. Five Bostonians were killed near Customs House. This was labeled the Boston Massacre and the soldiers were placed on trial.

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Captain Thomas Preston, Corporal William Wemms, Hugh Montgomery, John Carroll, William McCauley, William Warren and Matthew Kilroy were members of the 29th Regiment of Foot (Infantry) of His Majesty's Army and were indicted for their actions in an incident in King's Street, Boston (modern State Street) on the 5th of March 1770. The charges brought against the soldiers was the murder of five colonists after a riot had occurred that started with men and boys mocking the sentry (Hugh White) at the Customs House. A young Boston lawyer by the name of John Adams was asked to represent the men at trial. Adams took the case because he had a conviction that legal counsel should always be available in a civilized society. Refusing to be swayed by mob opinion that had been whipped into a frenzy by Samuel Adams (a cousin of John), Adams defended his clients eloquently and well, emphasizing that only facts and solid evidence would carry the case. Adams had two other lawyers on his team; Josiah Quincy II and Robert Auchmuty. Paul Revere served as a forensic sketch artist and Sampson Salter Blowers investigated potential jury members. The prosecution was headed up by Robert Treat Paine. Interestingly enough; Sam Adams, John Adams, and Robert Treat Paine all served in the Continental Congress and John Adams went on to become the first Vice President and second President of the United States.

paul revere j.r. drew the bloody massacre in 1770

Free man of Color Crispus Attucks was among the first patriots to fall at the Boston Massacre.

Paul Revere actually said, "The Red Coats are coming! The Red Coats are coming!"

The correct answer is: the French and Indian War ended, the Townshed Acts were passed, and the Boston Massacre.

Becaus they were not paying the taxes so he sent people from england to make sure things are going smoothly...then the boston tea party happend, and all this other crap and then paul rever along with william dawes and dr. prescott set off to concord to spread the news....only dr. prescott got away..then the two sidesstodd face to face and one side fired (known as the shot heard roud the world) and minutemen retreated to the woods bcuz they were outnumbered....then redcoats came to concord to burn ammunition guns etc. but building caught on fire and they americans thought the british were trying to set concord on fire so they confronted them at the old north bridge and then the british retreated to safety, the boston harbor

No. The Boston Massacre occurred on 5 March 1770. The British did not leave Boston until 17 March 1776, following the Battles of Lexington and Concord and the Battle of Bunker Hill, among other actions, and an 11-month siege of the city by the Continental Army and local militias.

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If you are referring to who defended them in court, it was John Adams. He also became the first American representative to Britain, and later became President.

The Patriots hated the Boston massacre. There is a famous Propaganda poster that Paul Revere made hated it so much that he lied in it. He depicted that it was a clear blue sky even though it was a cold winter night. The first person to die was a black man but Paul depicted him as white. He even through an innocent dog in the picture.

Paul Revere made and sold copies of Henry Pelham'sengravings of the Boston Massacre. Another engraver, Jonathan Mulliken, also made and sold prints of the event

The Boston Massacre happened in 1770 and the Boston Tea Party happened in 1773.

The people of Boston were upset at the massacre, because the British were not supposed to fire and kill people of the colonies. By the soldiers shooting at the colonists, by accident or not, angered the people more against Britain and made them want to rebel more from their tyranny. The presence of the British soldiers were considered a threat, and that England did not trust the colonies. This was in part because the colonies did not agree with the taxes that Britain imposed on them.

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.

No, some colonist were called "Loyalists" and were loyal to the King

Before the formal start of the American Revolutionary War, events such as the Boston Massacre contributed to the escalation of hostile sentiments especially among the colonists. The opinion of British soldiers involved in the Massacre (or any of the other pre-war confrontations) would most likely have been approving, as British opinion of the colonists was generally negative, even contemptuous. It is possible that some few British soldiers were apathetic or even sympathetic toward the welfare of the colonists affected by the Massacre.

The Americans would loose terribly and we wouldn't have freedom from the British.

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Crispus Attucks, a sailor of mixed Indian-African-White Ancestry. Attucks would later be remembered as the "first-martyr of the American Revolution."

The Boston Massacre caused tensions to rise enormously between the Americans and British because this was the first killing that occurred. The Americans realized that the British were not there to help them, but instead to put an end to their liberty. This was a leading cause to the Revolutionary War.

NO! King George III was not a HERO. He acted horribly to the Virginians. Whatever the Virginians made, like crops, food, anything like that, King George would make them sell it to the British for a really really low price. So it's like they do the work for nothing. The answer to this question depends upon your point of view. To the American colonists he was not, because of some of the reasons above but also because he imposed harsh taxes and laws upon the colonists. To the British he was a hero, because he attempted to keep the American colonies within the British Empire. He also fought France in Europe. France was a long time enemy of the British, so any King that fought the French would be a hero to the British. One last try...This is a question that calls for an opinion not a fact; therefore it cannot be answered. To most Colonials was not a hero. Just read the Declaration of Independence to see what Congress thought of him. It is spelled out prett explicitly in a laundry list of gripes they had with George. Never the less, many other colonists who remained loyal to the king thought of him as a hero as they fought to remain British subjects. They liked him so much that when the war ended many of them packed up and went to Canada. There is actually a community of people descended from loyalist colonials in Canada who celebrate their British heritage. On the other hand, many British subjects disliked him intensely because the war was expensive and the King was taxing the fish and chips out of them to pay for it and losing the war in the bargain. Some hero. My opinion: Not a hero. Case closed.