On the freezing winter of 1770, a mob of American settlers assembled at Boston’s Custom House and begin to taunt the British soldiers posted there. The protestors then began to throw random objects at the soldiers. The British soldiers fired shots at them in retaliation and five Bostonians dropped dead to the ground. The Bostonians blamed the British troops for the incident, which sparked a revolution. The author of the article describes the occurrence of the famous trial of the Boston Massacre and how it had changed U.S history. As I was perusing this poorly written article, I felt that it was missing noteworthy points of interest, yet I do comprehend that during 1770 it was entirely hard to safeguard the declarations and proof that were given.
The author, Douglas Linder, leaves out the crucial testimony of Ebenezer Hinkley . Ebenezer’s testimony gives the solid evidence and details on how Captain Thomas Preston was not the man who ordered the men to fire. Hinkley states, “I was a Rod from Capt. Preston. Did not hear him give…show more content… One thing I noticed is that the past is quite similar to the present. Paul Revere used the Boston Massacre to stir up the public's anti-British feelings. He made color prints from his engraving and scattered them around Boston. The prints did not paint an accurate picture of the event and had people jumping to conclusions about the soldiers. This event is a great example of how the news media today doesn’t wait for the entire story to be told, but only reports the “controversial” part of the news that tends to have people jump to their own conclusion. This issue hasn’t changed my outlook in any way or pushed me to take action, because this is an issue that people tend to ignore and would most likely stay that
