Theoretically, the American colonists should've been happy living with the British. They protected them from danger, gave them the rights of any Englishmen, and treated them like how a mother would treat a son; a place where all the Americans could finally have freedom. However that's just theoretically; realistically it was much different in all the wrong ways. Great Britain felt because they protected the Americans, they should have to pay for it; kind of like if your mother made you pay for dinner even though she took you out for dinner. Also how the soldiers treated civilians was horrible. This all comes back to the leader, the king who's leadership was highly questionable. The American colonists were highly justified in waging war and breaking away from Britain; not because of the unfairness of the British, but that their freedom was not true. The first reason that the American colonists were justified in waging war and breaking away from Britain were the new unconstitutional acts placed by the crown. When the British protect the colonists from the French and Indian War, everyone's happy until the British expects more money from them. Before, the laws were calculated to regulate…show more content… The Boston Massacre wasn't at all a "massacre"; just some American civilians who taunted at some British soldiers. After taunting, in anger, the civilians pelted snowballs at the soldiers who took it as an attack and shot back with guns, injuring and killing many. This was definitely a tragic misunderstanding, but Paul Revere saw this as much more. He saw innocent citizens being shot, and the British being able to do this freely could go on no longer. His plan was simple; depict a story much more tragic and call it a Massacre to get attention on a small issue which was much bigger in the big picture. This inspired many Americans to join the Patriots to become their own free
