Akib 1/13/13 706 socialstudies Night of March 5, 1770, a mob of American colonists gathers at the Customs House in Boston and begins taunting the British soldiers guarding the building. The protesters, who called themselves Patriots, were protesting the occupation of their city by British troops, who were sent to Boston in 1768 to enforce unpopular taxation measures passed by a British parliament that lacked American representation.There was a lot of foul language between them, and the townspeople began throwing snowballs at him, because he was pushing at them with his bayonet.
The other soldiers began firing a moment later, and when the smoke cleared, five colonists were dead. he massacre resulted in the death of five colonists. British troops in the Massachusetts Bay Colony were there to stop demonstrations against the Townshend Acts and keep order, but instead they provoked outrage. The British soldiers and citizens brawled in streets and fought in bars.
“The citizens viewed the British soldiers as potential oppressors, competitors for jobs, and a treat to social mores”. A defiant anti-British fever was lingering among the townspeople. The soldiers killed three, mortally wounded two others, and wounded six. I don’t think the mob crimes of throwing snowballs and other stuff deserve the death penalty. The five men were shot and murdered by the soldiers. I feel the soldiers were looking for a fight.
The soldiers provoked the citizen’s countless times.So the evidence is there that Preston gave an order to fire. I feel the verdict of the trial of the Boston Massacre should have been “guilty”. The victims were unarmed and brutally murdered. I soldier enraged the citizens and were guilty of many other crimes.
The order to fire give from Preston proves he’s guilty of the crime of manslaughter. My conclusion is that the soldiers and/or Preston are guilty. Three or four of the soldiers fired the mob then ran away,except three men who instantly expired one more is since dead,and seven other were wounded.
