Boston Massacre
The Boston Massacre was not really a massacre at all because only five people were killed. It was a considered a massacre because the British government's authority was not going to be tolerated. The name Boston Massacre was invented by speechmakers and used to stir the anger of the crowds. This event occurred on March 5, 1770. This whole thing started just because a group of citizens were revolting against having to pay taxes. A group of men and boys were taunting and throwing snowballs and rocks at a British soldier, Private Hugh White, which was guarding the Boston Customs House in Boston, Massachusetts. Soon Captain Thomas Preston and a small group of seven British soldiers arrived. A club thrown from the crowd hit Private Hugh Montgomery of the British troops. In the process of Montgomery getting up someone yelled "fire". When he got up he fired into the crowd and soon other British soldiers began to fire also.
Boston ball grounds - 1912 (1st part of panorama),...
This engraving by Paul Revere, portraying the Bost...
Crispus Attucks being shot during the Boston Massa...Instantly three colonists died and two more died later from the injuries they received during the massacre. Crispus Attucks a freed black slave, Samuel Gray a worker at rope walk, James Caldwell a mate on an American ship, Samuel Mavrick a 17 year old boy, and Patrick Carr a feather maker were all killed during the Boston Massacre. There were also six other people injured. After the massacre civilian leaders of Boston pressure Thomas Hutchinson, the acting governor, to remove the soldiers from the city to prevent further violence. All he has to say is "The law shall have its course. I will live and die by the law." Captain Thomas Preston and 8 British soldiers, Corporal William Wemms, James Hartigan, William McCauley, Hugh White, Matthew Kilroy, William Warren, John Carrol, and Hugh Montgomery were tried for murder...