Exam #4

Essay #1 Boston massacre/ closing statement

The Boston Massacre was the killing of five colonists by British soldiers on March 5, 1770. A bad situation due to British military in Boston got heated and turned into a brawls between soldiers and citizens of the town, and than turned into troops shooting their guns after being attacked by a crowd. Three citizens were killed at the scene of the shooting, and two died after the fact.
The crowd of citizens are to blame for the shooting, and the hole fact of the Boston Massacre. It was seen by many people that the soldiers were attacked before the shooting, by snowballs and also hit by sticks. This was all before firing there guns. Showing that Preston didn't tell his men to fire there were witnesses telling that there was another officer standing behind Preston who said fire.
The consequence for the people involved would be hard to hand out, there were to many stories to face the fact of who did say fire and who's fault it really was. Due to the fact that there were so many witnesses and so many stories its hard to tell who was responsible for the firing and who wasn't. Although if the soldiers weren't at fault, as showing more of the witnesses show this, the crowd show be punished. This means that everyone beside the soldiers that were involved in this would be at fault.




Essay #2 Going to war with Britain



The 13 colonies have the right to rebel because British government tried to rule the colonies. The British demanded that the colonists pay taxes on such things as sugar and tea that the colonists bought from England. The colonists refused to pay the taxes, because they did not have a voice in approving the laws that created the taxes. They were not represented in the British government.
One big reason for the colonies to rebel against the British would be that they were taxing them. This was deported things that the colonies didn't have control over taxing. Or even the price of the tax. Another reason would be that the British thought that they could just have there government and over rule everything that had to do with the colonies. If they didn't have a voice to tell what they wanted why would they pay tax on something that is already theres...
There wouldn't be much of a future for America as of this time period. With the British ruling everyone and everything around, how could their be anything to look forward to like America. The British are in complete control at this point.