Boston Massacre

The Boston massacre occurred on March 5,1770. Colonists where throwing snowballs, stones and many other things to the British soldiers. One solider was been hit. Although the soldiers had strict rules that they couldn’t fire at any colonist, they did. They killed five colonist the first colonist that died was Crispus Attucks. The others were Samuels Gray, Samuel Maverick, James Caldwell and Patrick Carr.

During this time Boston and other Americans colonies pass through many tension, all this tension start since the royal troops were send. The British lawyers (king) were sending troops to enforce the taxes. This event first happens in Massachusetts in October 1768. As America was in tension they receive the news of the Boston massacre and this was the end of that tension.

This event is attribute to the seven-year war or the England and France war. After England won the war, England needed money because this war leaves them with many liabilities. So they needed the colonist taxes, but the colonist where unlikely with the taxes. As people protested and they were angry with taxes collector. The governor Thomas Hutchinson asks for troops for maintaining order and peace.