You are asking about the Boston Massacre, but the event was Propaganda for the colonists who were wanting to show a cause for leaving the British crown. Paul Revere drew a handbill to spin the event into something much more than it really was. Most history books today show the drawing when writing about it. Other events between colonists and troops happened in other places, but you don’t read about them. One reason is that Boston was the center of anti British activists.
Boston massacre
Its called the Boston massacre. The British at the time called it the Boston Riot. 11 shots were fired but only 5 hit.
The Boston Massacre is the event that occurred on March 5, 1770. It was a fight between American patriots and British soldiers.
The colonists used tactic we would now call guerrilla warfare tactics. They thought of their tactics as doing what worked when fighting the Native Americans, who also fought that way. The colonists hid behind trees and stones and waited for the British troops. Then the colonists would fire and retreat a small bit, then fire again and repeating this many times. Around 1500 out of 5000 British troops were killed and only around 100 of the colonies were shot.
notified colonists of the approach of British troops
The colonials were killed in the Boston Massacre, after brawls between colonists and troops erupted into a riot.
Boston massacre
Its called the Boston massacre. The British at the time called it the Boston Riot. 11 shots were fired but only 5 hit.
British troops
Revere and Dawes alerted the colonists of the British troops, thus allowing them to be ready with troops of their own when the British came.
The Boston Massacre is the event that occurred on March 5, 1770. It was a fight between American patriots and British soldiers.
Lexington and Concord
to battle against the colonists, because the British troops tried to revolt against them
the boston massacre
The colonists used tactic we would now call guerrilla warfare tactics. They thought of their tactics as doing what worked when fighting the Native Americans, who also fought that way. The colonists hid behind trees and stones and waited for the British troops. Then the colonists would fire and retreat a small bit, then fire again and repeating this many times. Around 1500 out of 5000 British troops were killed and only around 100 of the colonies were shot.
notified colonists of the approach of British troops
notified colonists of the approach of British troops