On March 5th 1770, an important event of history took place. It involved the Americans and the British. Some say it was the start of the American Revolution. Here�s the American view of what happened. A few boys started throwing some snowballs at British soldiers late one night in Boston, Massachusetts. The soldiers got angry and chased the boys. The boys sought help from some adults. So the adults came out to protect their children. When the adults confronted the British troops. The soldiers open fired on the unarmed Americans. Six Americans died, and several were injured. This day was from then on known as the Boston Massacre.
The British, on the other hand, viewed thing s differently. Bricks, stones, and pieces of ice were thrown at the soldiers from a big mob of Americans. The colonists were armed with clubs and were also cursing at the British. The leader of the British, Captain Preston, tried to persuade them to stop, but the Americans wold not listen. Then, one of the soldiers got a blow to his arm and fired. Upon this, the Americans started yelling �FIRE�, because they thought that since that shot didn�t hit anything, the guns weren�t loaded. Hearing the word �fire� all around them, the British shot at the Americans killing 6 of them. That was the British�s side of the story.
My opinion is that the British are telling the truth. Paul Revere, an American revolutionist, created the other story before the real truth could be told because he wanted to get the Americans to go to war for freedom. The Americans picture is missing a lot of important information. Notice how the British Soldiers are shown standing in a straight line shooting their rifles in a regular volley, whereas when the disturbance actually erupted, both sides were hostile and riotous. Also notice the absence of snow and ice on the street, and while Crispus Attacks, a black man lying on the ground closest to the British soldiers, is shown to be white. Although the British story is a little opinionated, it is closer to the truth than the Americans story. It was the Americans fault.