Mar 4, 2022 06:29 PM
https://www.famous-trials.com/massacre/196-home
EXCERPTS: Although it has been over two centuries since the moonlit March night in 1770 when British soldiers killed five Bostonians on King Street, people still debate responsibility for the Boston Massacre. Does the blame rest with the crowd of Bostonians who hurled insults, snowballs, oyster shells, and other objects at the soldiers, or does the blame rest with an overreacting military that violated laws of the colony that prohibited firing at civilians? Whatever side one takes in the debate, all can agree that the Boston Massacre stands as a significant landmark on the road to the American Revolution...
[...] When one reads the ninety-six depositions taken in the Preston trial, it becomes fairly obvious that before the massacre, many British soldiers acted as bullies and all but welcomed trouble. The soldiers ended up getting more than they bargained for--and then reacted as one might expect in a life-threatening situation.
Samuel Adams fanned the flames of opposition to the military occupation of Boston. He hoped the public outrage over the verdicts could lead to a speedy exit of British troops from his city. Trials decide the fate of defendants, but sometimes they also influence the fates of nations.
After the trials, a sort of surface normalcy returned to Boston. But beneath the surface, in the hearts and minds of citizens, opposition to the occupation ran deep. The Revolution was coming... (MORE - missing details, in-depth account)
https://www.youtube-nocookie.com/embed/m2QNZf_8V_w
EXCERPTS: Although it has been over two centuries since the moonlit March night in 1770 when British soldiers killed five Bostonians on King Street, people still debate responsibility for the Boston Massacre. Does the blame rest with the crowd of Bostonians who hurled insults, snowballs, oyster shells, and other objects at the soldiers, or does the blame rest with an overreacting military that violated laws of the colony that prohibited firing at civilians? Whatever side one takes in the debate, all can agree that the Boston Massacre stands as a significant landmark on the road to the American Revolution...
[...] When one reads the ninety-six depositions taken in the Preston trial, it becomes fairly obvious that before the massacre, many British soldiers acted as bullies and all but welcomed trouble. The soldiers ended up getting more than they bargained for--and then reacted as one might expect in a life-threatening situation.
Samuel Adams fanned the flames of opposition to the military occupation of Boston. He hoped the public outrage over the verdicts could lead to a speedy exit of British troops from his city. Trials decide the fate of defendants, but sometimes they also influence the fates of nations.
After the trials, a sort of surface normalcy returned to Boston. But beneath the surface, in the hearts and minds of citizens, opposition to the occupation ran deep. The Revolution was coming... (MORE - missing details, in-depth account)