Katherine

The Boston Massacre

By:Katherine

The Boston Massacre took place on March 5, 1770. This happened because the colonists didn't like the soldiers. They showed that by calling the soldiers names like "lobster back" because of their red coats. Then one cold and snowy night a crowed formed in front of the soldiers standing guard in front of a building where taxes where collected. Captain Thomas Preston seven other soldiers hurried to the guards side. They stood in front of the angry crowd loading their guns. The crowd started throwing snowballs and chunks of ice at the soldiers. Afterward Captain Thomas Preston said to not fire their guns, but one soldier heard wrong and thought he said to fire. So he loaded his gun and shouted "fire!" and shot his gun into the crowd. When the crowd moved closer to the soldiers the soldiers panicked and fired their guns. Within moments five people lay dead or dying and six more were wounded. Samuel Adams made sure the news of the Boston Massacre spread throughout the colonies.