Essay Archive - The Boston Massacre
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. I will also hold some depositions from people who were
actually close or at the massacre. I will be show the differences on how
all three felt about the situation.
Due to great burden from the different acts that brought many
unwanted taxes from the British government, the minds of the Boston
citizens were greatl....
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