Which of the following best describes the events of the Boston Massacre?
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BOSTON TOWNSPEOPLE ATTACKED BRITISH SOLDIERS, WHO SHOT FIVE COLONISTS DEAD.
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Boston townspeople who attacked British soldiers, who shot five colonists.
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- When the Bostonians reacted to the Townshend Acts of 1767 with widespread demonstrations and disturbances, the King sent several soldiers ' regiments to police the area. Many criticized the Redcoats as occupiers, so it wasn't long before the villagers started to deal with the military.
- The Boston Massacre was a street battle that took place on March 5, 1770, between a "patriot" mob, dropping snowballs, bricks, and sticks, and a battalion of British forces.
- Several colonists were killed, and this led to a project by speech-writers to try and create the outrage of the citizenry.
- Approximately 50 to 100 citizens have started steps towards the Customs House. A few of them began dropping snowballs and bits of ice at the sentry. He was loading his musket. "Fire, darn you, burn, you dare not shoot!" and the crowd started screaming.
- Four officials, wearing red red robes that implied a death penalty event. To Sam Adams and the other Sons of Liberty, Capt Preston's acquittement was problematic, but not completely unexpected. After all, Preston was never suspected of aiming himself at the audience. Yet there was a deep belief in the community that anyone should have to pay for the five people who died.
- The prosecutors had try to prove that one of the soldiers killed with intent and attempted to attack. Then all the soldiers will be fairly guilty of murder and hang themselves. The prosecutor attempted to prove that after months of violence by the residents of the region, all the soldiers had revenge in their hearts.
- Many major problems needed to be solved by the defense team. If Capt Preston had not directed his men to shoot, as Preston's jury had found, then why did the men shoot? Adams and the other defense lawyers needed to prove that the crowd was putting the soldiers at risk. They'd have to convince a jury who undoubtedly had deep anti-British prejudices.
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