Why Is The Boston Massacre An Accident

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Some people think that the Boston Massacre wasn’t an accident. Some Sources say it might have been and other sources says it wasn’t. The Boston Massacre was an accident. Here are some reasons why. As it states in “Towards Independence”, there was a lot of trouble happening in Boston at the time. The Boston Patriots were troublemakers in the Colonies. The Boston Patriots arrived in the Colonies and the colonists began throwing rocks and ice balls. They started shouting “Come on rascals, you bloody-backs.” and “Fire if you dare”, according to the source. As the mob grew bigger one of the Bostonians hit a Soldier with a rock in the head. When the Soldier got back up he heard the Bostonians saying “Fire” and he thought it was his commander shouting