Amritsar Massacre

The event contradicts both the American ideology and creed in terms of equality and freedom. The massacre was a result of treating Pequot Indians as inferiors, not equals. In terms of freedom, although got freedom by escaping religious persecution in England, they persecuted those who did not move to prayer towns.

The Boston Massacre took place on March 5th, 1770. This historic event was caused because of an ongoing conflict between the British soldiers and the people of Boston. According to George Hewes account, “Crowds of artisans and laborers joined the elite in protesting British policies, although their differing points of view revealed the divisions within colonial society.” People were upset over the British passing the Towsend Act, which was a surplus of unpopular taxes. The people of Boston also resented the British troops, who were also looking for jobs.

Also known as India’s First War for Independence, this rebellion was between Indian Sepoys and the British East India Company. Before this mutiny, the British East India Company had total control over Indian, however afterwards, Indian was directly controlled by the British Raj. Because of this the British government had even more control over Indian and her laws, similar to how Britain gained more control of North America after the Seven Years War. One thing that stayed the same before and after the rebellion was the rebel’s cause. Indian citizens began to continue their criticism of the unfair rule of the British, similar to how some American colonists were rebelling against the new, stricter

As India’s modernization developed, the entire civilization of India improved remarkably. The country’s improvement of civilization is exemplified through it’s establishment of schools and law. Western education was introduced by Britain and laws were well made with courts that enforce them. (Doc 3). One should take into account the speaker of this document because Romesh Dutt is an Indian like any other, yet he praises the British for what they have done to contribute to the development of India. In addition to these establishments is Britain bringing finer ideals of humanity to India. Infanticide, the killing of female babies, was brought to a halt as well as participation in the slave trade (Doc 5). Without the interference of Britain, these inhumane actions would be prevalent throughout India and the country would suffer from a bad reputation. These

Chapter 7, "Liberty, Anarchism, and the Noble Savage" was very subjectively and one-sidedly trying to glorify the Indian nature, Indian government and Indian

The growing violence prompted the Parliament to dispatch a multitude of soldiers to the colonies which only aggravated the colonists more. Colonists who instigated the massacre were tired of the taxes and the soldiers coming in from Britain so, out of resentment, they attacked the soldiers and the soldiers retaliated. This

The Boston Massacre as history shows us was the explosion in history that led American’s and the British into the American Revolution. However, the events that lead to the happening of the Boston Massacre, put the British soldiers at a disadvantage that day. However, the British Army had occupied the city, but they were just following the orders given to them by the British Parliament. They did not grasp the pressure that the colonist was being put under and if they did, they did not fully understand the consequences or it never crossed their minds.

They reacted to Sugar Act (1764), the Stamp Act (1765), the Townshend Duties (1767) and the Tea Act (1773). In 1765 the colonists rejected the authority of the British Parliament to tax them and the American Revolution began. The controversy over tax contributed to violence. The Boston Massacre or Incident on King Street as it is called by the British happened

While the British set up the framework for India and claimed to peacefully transition India to independence. The British however did not include Indians and caused a lot of death. The British ultimately did more harm than good. British did set up India’s framework for things like the army, police, justice system and civil services (Lalvani). On the other hand the British did not include Indians in the framework. “Of 960 civil officers… 900 had been occupied by englishmen” (Doc 2). That is only about 7 percent that were actually Indian. This means the British did not let the Indians have a say in anything in their country because they had no representation and also they did not include Indians in the framework of their own country so when they gained independence they had to learn to govern themselves because the British had done it for them. Dr. Lalvani also claimed that the British made India's transition to Independence peaceful. That is a blatant lie. According

after the war indians feared attacks from the british so they attacked killing people to prevent these attacks britain signed a peace treaty

The Boston Massacre was a direct consequence to the British when they thought they can get away with segregating the English colonies from Britain itself and enacting outlandish taxes and orders. Before Boston, the British first enacted the Stamp Act. The Stamp Act enforced the colonists to pay duties on coffee and sugar. This Act required that the colonists carry an official stamp that the colonists had to purchase and all the money that was made went straight to the British treasury. Many colonists were opposed to the taxes and a rebellious group was formed called “The Sons of Liberty”. In late 1765, hundreds of residents were parading through the streets shouting “Liberty!” nearly every night which was organized by the “Sons of Liberty”. The British Parliament then passed the Townshend Acts that required duties to be paid on many other imported items and hired many royal officials to enforce the laws. The protests enlarged into violent acts that the crowds began to fight the officials. The British leaders then decided to send in the British troops to restore order.

Despite the fact that the Intercourse Act was designed to keep settlers from occupying Indian land without a treaty, Americans did not heed this and began chasing off and even killing many Indians so as to take their land and no white jury would punish them for this. To add to the problem, settlers moved west ahead of the treaties and populated land that belonged to the Indians. The Indians were not willing to stand for this type of injustice and revolts broke out such as the battle between the Miamis, Little Turtle, and General St. Clair in 1791 which was the largest defeat of whites by Indians thus far (Faragher 206-207). Conflicts continued to escalate as the mood in the nation became one of Indian resentment of whites and American supremacy over the “savages”.

From the moment the British Townshend Acts passed till March 05, 1770 tension rose among the colonist and the British Parliament. On Monday, March 05, 1770 a street fight among colonists and Boston Garrison Soldiers left five colonists dead and six others injured. Many events led to the street fight which is also called a “massacre”.

In India the way the British treated the Indians, made the Indians resist, and this created the Sepoy rebellion. The Sepoy rebellion was an unsuccessful uprising against the British in India. The reason they wanted to resist was the disrespectful treatment of the British. Indians received a lower pay than the British for working in the military. The Indians also had limited opportunities because, the British controlled the country so, they couldn’t do everything they wished. In India there were two main religions, Hindus and Muslims. According to their religion, the Hindus cannot eat cow meat, and the Muslims cannot eat pig meat. The British started using new weapons that made the soldiers put their mouths in cow and pig fat. Part of the Indians didn’t want to do it because, it is against their religion. The British punished the people who were against putting their mouths in the cow and pig fat and they tortured them(The Story of India). The Indians were agitated and, they wanted it to end so, they started the Sepoy rebellion but, it caused ninety years under the British

Although it was since proved that many were there to celebrate the Baisakhi festival. Never in all the British Empire’s history had they used military force against a crowd of unarmed people, which resulted in such a vast loss of life. One official report, clearly from the British, counted 319 dead and over 1200 wounded, but with reasonable beliefs, the Indians estimate a much higher dead count (Pletcher, n.d.; Sayer, 1991). To back-up, everything just said a painting of the massacre, which can be found at Amritsar as a memorial, shows the long-lasting effects the massacre had on India as a whole (Painting of Amritsar massacre picture, n.d). After the massacre, many had different reactions, some believing Dyer should be praised for his action and some completely disgusted with his actions. Herbert Asquith, the liberal Prime Minister of the United Kingdom, clearly believed that the massacre was catastrophic and sinful, "there has never been such an incident in the whole annals of Anglo-Indian history nor, I believe, in the history of our Empire from its very inception down to the present day ... It is one of the worst outrages in the whole of our history" (Sayer, 1991). Though all Dyer could say in his defence was “my duty… my horrible, dirty duty.” (Sayer, 1991). This shows