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 Boston Massacre By: Ryan Wendler 9/30/09  Fire My opinion on the Boston massacre is that the British solders were attacking for no reason. I believe this because they were just annoying the British again just like they were doing the days before and the British were taking it the days before too. The British decide to kill colonist just because they were throwing snowballs at them, I think that this was wrong and the British went to far once again. I feel this way because the solders killed close-to innocent people. They fired in to a crowd and all the colonist was doing was taunting them. They weren’t hurting anyone they we just mad about the unfair taxes the British were giving them. The colonist were just protesting the government and no British died they killed 5 colonist and wounded 8. Also this data shows that 2 of the solders were found guilty of manslaughter which shows that this was an innocent killing of colonist like all colonist thought. My second reason was that the British stared the fight. I believe this because captain Preston told his men to load their weapons during the fight. Also he was the one who said that it was the colonist who made the solider fire. The British soldiers were also threatening the colonists so the colonists were getting angry. The entire thing started from one of the soldiers hitting a kid with his musket because he was taunting him then a crowd started to form. Them after the soldiers fled just when they killed the 3 people instantly. A counter claim could be that the British were just defending themselves. The British say that the colonists were attacking back with sticks. The British also say that the colonist made the soldiers fire because they we hit with sticks. I don’t believe that this is true for many reasons. One none of the solders died or was seriously injured so that means that they were not beaten. Two, they were sentenced to jail time for manslaughter. Three, the soldiers fled when they killed the people. For my conclusion I believe that all the stuff I talk about in my writing is true. I also believe that my fist statement was the most reasonable. I hope you agree with my conclusion on the Boston massacre and side with the patriots, thank you.