Boston Massacre

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.

During the Revolutionary War the British were sent to Boston to ensure that the colonists obeyed the ruling against them for the Boston Tea Party. When they were headed back to Boston they were met by General George Washington that ordered his troops to point their cannons at the British and demanded that they leave.

The Boston Massacre, also know as the Boston riot, was an incident that led to the deaths of five civilians at the hands of British troops on March 5, 1770, the legal aftermath of which helped spark the rebellion in some of the British American colonies, which culminated in the American Revolutionary War. A heavy British military presence in Boston led to a tense situation that boiled over into incitement of brawls between soldiers and civilians and eventually led to troops discharging their muskets after being attacked by a rioting crowd. Three civilians were killed at the scene of the shooting, eleven were injured, and two died after the incident.

Obviously, no one can say who was the first colonist who died; however, the first colonist who is said to have died as a result of the animosity between the colonists and the British soldiers and Great Britain in general is Crispus Attucks. He was an African-American who was killed in the so-called Boston Massacre.

The Boston massacre was when the colonist were calling the red coats lobster backs and the Commander there said do not fire their guns but the did not hear it right so there was a killing of 5 people that day. That is why it is called the Boston massacre. Three civilians were shot and killed and a day later two more people were killed by a stabbing not a shooting.

Of the five men who died, three died immediately; and of these it is impossible to say which died first. The three were Samuel Gray, James Caldwell, and Crispus Atticus.
Two other men wounded in the shooting and later died; Samuel Maverick died a few hours later, and Patrick Carr died two weeks after the shooting.
Six other men were wounded, but recovered.

the british were stupid and got in trouble caz they shot 5 colonists

The boston massacre had no leaders. A few kids threw snow balls at a soldier and the soldier called for backup.

The five people killed in the Boston Massacre were Samuel Gray, Samuel Maverick, James Caldwell, Crispus Attucks, and Patrick Carr. You can google it and get pictures and bios. Just in case you need more info. .

Paul Revere made an engraving of the Boston Massacre in his silversmith's work. All of his work was sent to different customers around the world. Thus spreading the new of the Boston Massacre.

The Boston Massacre: was an incident involving the deaths of five civilians at the hands of British troops on 5 march 1770. E

ffect: the legal aftermath helped spark the rebellion in some of the British colonies in America.

You're thinking of Crispus Attucs. He was a sailor. He was shot with two other americans. Although there is some question as to whether or not he was the first one shot but he was the first one to die; he died instantly, the others died the next day or so. There is also some question as to why the British soldiers fired. The way it is told, the British soldiers were being taunted and eventually were found not guilty. Thier lawyer was John Adams, who eventually became Washington's vice-president and then later the second president of the United States. The event was depicted in a famous engraving by Paul Revere and this is said to have instigated the Untied States in going to war with England.

• John Adams defended the British because he was generally a good guy. And when he was asked to he was skeptic at first but decided it was the right thing to do. And he was also ashamed at how the Americans acted during the Boston Massacre because he knew that it wasn't the British' fault it was the Americans. He knew what he had to do was right and he did it justice.
• It wasn't necessarily the Americans' fault. No one knows who fired first. Could have been the British, but, either way, that single shot gave that single alarm to fire. And, he didn't defend them because he felt like it was the right thing to do, it was mainly for one reason, a man can't be punished for a crime they didn't commit, or a crime which can not be proven. And, He chose to defend them. One more thing, it wasn't because, "he was generally a good guy." He was a guy who knew what was right at the moment.
• And, to make a more simple answer, John Adams defended the British Soldiers, merely because it wasn't their fault for firing on us. When they fired, it was in self defense. They weren't sure who fired first, but whoever fired, startled the British, therefor giving the alarm to fire. John Adams knew this, however, and when the people began to fuss, he defended the British, because, he felt that, no man should be punished or convicted of an act of self defense. Which, in fact, we would have done the exact same thing!

the colonists would do anything to get the soldiers out of their colonies and they used propaganda to get the other colonies to go against the soldiers. they claimed it was a massacre so the other colonies would join together to get the soldiers off their land.

There were approximately 500,000 people living in Nanking when the Japanese attacked. Over 300,000 civilians were killed by the Japanese in brutal ways that even the Nazis living in Nanking at the time were horrified. During the Rape of Nanking, Chinese were not the only target; Americans and other nationalities suffered under the Japanese. They Japanese raided Nazi properties, even stomped on their flags, considering that Japan and Germany were allies at that time. They treated Americans especially barbaric (not as inhuman as they did to the Nanking civilians of course), they spit on, burned, defiled American flags, and treated Americans as if they were enemies, but USA did not enter the war until the December of 1941.

Which person would have been most likely to refer to the events of the Boston massacre?

what were the two sides of the Boston massacure argument

There were a total of five people killed during the Boston Massacre.

Crispus Attucks was a sailor mulatto (African American and Native American descent), died on the spot

Samuel Gray, a rope-maker, died on the spot. Was one of the hardiest brawlers in Boston.

Mr. James Caldwell, a mate from the brig "Hawk", was 17 years old when he was shot.

Mr. Samuel Maverick, a youth of seventeen years of age mortally wounded, he died the next morning.

Patrick Carr, a leather worker. Carr was also an Irish immigrant died two weeks later.

So i suppose that makes 1 and 1/2 lol

The British caused it by being in Boston. Red Coats get relatively no pay so they competed for jobs with the Bostonians. That, and the stress of taxes (Sugar and Stamp Acts) caused a lot of hostilities towards the British. A mob started throwing things at guards outside the custom house. Major Pitcairn tried to keep his troops from firing back, but they did anyway. When one person fired, others followed. It's important to remember that the British directly involved did nothing but compete for jobs. They were under attack from ice balls, stones, anything the mob could throw, they did. Paul Revere's picture where the Bostonians looked completely innocent was not what really happened. It was propaganda to antagonize Britain.

It is not clear whether Crispus Attucks was a freedman or slave, but is certain he was the first American casualty of the Boston Massacre in 1770. He was considered a hero, especially by abolitionists who lauded him as a black man who died for this country.

The Stamp Act (1765) affected all of the American colonies by taxing paper goods, which had to have a revenue stampaffixed. This wa a direct tax that the colonists protested as being enacted without their representation or benefit.