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The Boston Massacre
In my report I will be discussing the Boston Massacre. I will be
looking at the Boston Massacre from three different perspectives. These
perspectives are the Boston colonists and Samuel Adams, Tom Hutchinson,
Lieutenant Governor and Acting Governor in 1770, and Captain Preston and
his troops ....
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.... frequent wounding of persons by their bayonets and cutlasses, and
the numerous instances of bad behavior in the soldiery. This also led the
colonists to figure out the England did not send those troops over for
their well-being, but were there just for the benefit of England. But
once again, they were only taking orders from England.
Early on the evening of March 5, 1770, a crowd of laborers began
throwing hard packed snowballs at soldiers guarding the Customs House.
Goaded beyond endurance the sentries acted against express orders and fired
on the c ....
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