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Boston Massacre

THE BOSTON MASSACRE : Its Cause and Impact in Society

The Boston Massacre

The Boston Massacre can be considered as one of the highlights of the American History . There are many speculations and documentations about the Boston Massacre . This would be further discussed in the

The Boston Massacre had happened in March 5 , 1770 . Based on the account of Mauricio Tellez , a number of soldiers had tried to help their comrade from the violent crowd which were throwing snowballs at the sentry . The squad released fire at the crowd , wounding three persons fatally

and killing two people on the spot . Tellez had written that the first person to be killed was Crispus Attucks , an African American

In an account of Boston Massacre in Pamphlets and Propaganda article the Boston Massacre was started by a barber 's apprentice . The apprentice has complained about the late payment of the captain 's bill . A soldier had bashed his musket on the youth 's head . Because of this , apprentices had rushed around the town center and had spread the attack . From then on the crowd started growing wild . Captain Thomas Preston had arrived with seven of his grenadiers and started dispersing the crowd . According to the article , it was stated that a private had shouted the fire signal that had triggered the others to fire their ammunition to the crowd

The Constitutional Foundation had featured the Boston Massacre in their article . In the article , the mob that had shown during the Massacre was around 300 to 400 people . Crispus Attucks , the first person who died in the battle was reported as the one saying Kill them ! Kill them ! Knock them over " It further noted , that Captain Preston was the one who instigated the soldiers to stop firing . After the incident , Governor Thomas Hutchinson made an agreement with the British army commander to remove the soldiers . Captain Preston and eight of the british soldiers were subjected for trial . The prosecuting attorney was Samuel Quincy and Patriot Robert Treat Paine . The Defense attorney was John Adams , Robert Auchmuty and Josiah Quincy . Preston 's trial issue was if the Captain has given the to its subordinates to fire their ammunitions to the crowd . The outcome was not guilty . However , from the soldier 's trial for the innocence of murder , two privates were judged as guilty for firing their musket with malice . These are Private Montgomery and Private Killroy . Private Montgomery admitted to the fact that he was the one who shouted Fire ' that had triggered the band of soldiers to start firing at the crowd

Cause of Boston Massacre

According to the Constitutional Rights Foundation article , customs collectors , conducted searches using writs of assistance . In the year 1768 , the John Hancock 's ship was searched , wine was seized and charges of smuggling were given . A crowd had attacked and this had caused the British Government to bring 700 British regulars marched towards Boston British taxes had been shouldered by the citizen . This had further enraged the...

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