The Massacre

After analyzing the video about the Boston Massacre, what it should be called depends all on which side you took. Patriots would have took this as a massacre because, not only would it blame the British, but their people were also considered "slaughtered". Thus, to the Patriots, this would be considered a massacre. However, for the Loyalists and British, this would be considered a riot. A crowd of colonists threw snowballs, stones, oyster shells, and even wood at British soldiers. This was basically

Boston Massacre as the slaughtering of innocent Patriots fighting for liberty, for justice, for freedom. Yet if you are British, the Boston Massacre is an irrelevant event in your Civil War. The victors dictate history, therefore, perspective is skewed and history is fabricated. Because of historical inaccuracy, you were probably unaware that the Boston Massacre was not a massacre at all; it became a “massacre” through propaganda, specifically, Paul Revere’s engraving, The Bloody Massacre Perpetrated

Townshend Act. The colonists took snowballs with oyster shells and threw them at the soldiers. The soldiers panicked and fired at the colonists, 5 civilians laid died and the colonist protested the massacre and the soldiers were arrested and branded. Personally, the soldiers are to blame for the Boston Massacre because the colonists were treated unfairly, the fight wasn’t fair and the Private Montgomery fired first. First, colonists were taxed for the use of paper, certain goods, and required colonists

Boston Massacre In the year 1770, tensions between Great Britain and the colonists reached an all-time high. As a result of more aggressive policies imposed by that of the British parliament, violent opposition grew immensely and in one case, a historical and very bloody conflict now commonly known as the Boston Massacre, took place. This event came about as a result of the invasion of a Boston ship named Liberty, causing Bostonians to riot and push the customs officials out of towns. Statistically

many sources written about the Boston massacre, there were several authors who issued articles about the Boston Massacre, particularly journals, letter and references. Some authors categorized the Boston massacre by its context in history by examining it by the people who were involved in the important event. However, while the authors talk about journals, letters and references, there really wasn’t much discussion about other important part of the Boston Massacre: who really caused it. The goal in

the Japanese Imperial Army invaded, killing around 300,000 people . The Japanese soldiers went into people’s homes searching for Chinese soldiers, and killing civilians. These devastating events are known as the “Rape of Nanking”, or as the Nanking Massacre. However, the history of atrocities like this are not always taught. Things such as the Japanese history textbook controversy show how one event can be remembered, or portrayed, in many different ways. For the most part, history can be skewed for

other in the spring of 1770. On March 5, 1770 the Boston Massacre took place. Although, it wasn’t even a massacre. A massacre is defined as the mass-murder of a group of innocent, unaware, unarmed people. What really happened on that day was a riot. Both sides were armed. The colonists had icy snowballs, chunks of wood, and oyster shells; while the British soldiers were armed with muskets and bayonets. There is proof that the Boston Massacre was planned by the colonists and even if it wasn’t the

What happened on March 5, 1770? The Boston Massacre happened. Many of the colonist had just lost their jobs so they gathered around together. The colonist were not happy that they had lost their jobs most of the colonists were furious. A seventeen year old boy who was an apprentice had stepped out of his group and was screaming at the British that's when it happen. A British soldier had hit the seventeen-year old apprentice that's when the crowd went wild and started to fight with the British.

Historical Idea: The Japanese were particularly brutal because they saw the Chinese as an inferior race. A topic of debate in recent history is the reasoning behind the Japanese’ overly-brutal violence towards the Chinese during the massacre at Nanjing. The prevailing theory is that the Japanese saw the Chinese as an inferior race, or ‘Chancorro’ (sub-human)- thus, killing Chinese held no great significance. Chinese soldiers were not the only targets for the brutality, innocent Chinese citizens

started off as a peaceful student protest later turned into a bloody massacre. On this day, students gathered together in Tlatelolco plaza to peacefully protest against the government. The students were there for a rally but they were surrounded by armed military troops, who opened fire and started the massacre. The Massacre of Tlatelolco will always remain as a part of Mexico’s bloody and dark history. Prior to the massacre, in July 1968, students began to start a movement after a conflict had