The “Bloody Masacre”

The Boston Massacre was an awakening for us and our rebellion. We are those people who want a peaceful life here in the colonies without taxes and government control. We want freedom. We want to fly like the birds, graceful and peaceful. We can’t be free if we have obstacles guarding our way. The main and only obstacle in our way is the English government. They might be big, wealthy, and powerful but we are all those things to, in our hearts. Events such as the Boston Massacre has shone us what we have to do and why we have to do it. On March 5, 1770, one British soldier began fighting with a colonist. A crowd of colonists came and surrounded the soldier while throwing snowballs and shouting insults at him. A group of troops came to King – Street, the place the commotion was taking place, and shot into the crowd killing many of our colonists. This was known as the Boston Massacre or the “Bloody Massacre” as I call it. We felt rage flowing over us. We had vengeance in our hearts. The British repealed some of the Townshend Acts, hoping to stop us from revolting. That was exactly what we had in mind.