I need info about the Boston Massacre Trial!?

Question

In school, we are having a mock trial about the massacre, and I am defending the victims or colonists. Please help me!

Answer 1

From Wikipedia http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Boston_Massacre
The Boston Massacre is the name commonly given to the shooting of five civilians by British troops on March 5, 1770, which became a cause celebre among pro-independence groups and helped to eventually spark the American Revolutionary War. Colonists were already resenting the Townshend Acts. Tensions caused by the heavy military presence in Boston led to brawls between soldiers and civilians, and eventually to troops shooting their muskets into a riotous crowd.

The incident began on King Street when a young wigmaker's apprentice named Edward Garrick called out to a British officer, Captain John Goldfinch, that he was late paying his barber's bill. Goldfinch had in fact settled his account that day but did not reply to the boy. When Garrick remained quite vocal in his complaints an hour later, the British sentry outside the customs house, Private Hugh White, called the boy over and clubbed him on the head. Garrick's companions yelled at the sentry, and a British sergeant chased them away.[2] The apprentices returned with more locals, shouting insults at the sentry and throwing snowballs and litter.
This chromolithograph by John Bufford prominently features a black man believed to be Crispus Attucks.
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This chromolithograph by John Bufford prominently features a black man believed to be Crispus Attucks.

White sent a messenger to the Main Guard for reinforcements. The Officer of the Day, Captain Thomas Preston, dispatched a corporal and six privates, all grenadiers of the 29th Regiment of Foot, and followed soon after. The mob grew in size and continued throwing stones, sticks, and chunks of ice. A group of sailors and dockworkers came carrying large sticks of firewood and pushed to the front of the crowd, directly confronting the soldiers. As bells rang in the surrounding steeples, the crowd of Bostonians grew larger and more threatening.

In the midst of the commotion, Private Hugh Montgomery was struck down onto the ground by a thrown club. He fired his musket into the air and—as he later admitted to one of his defense attorneys—yelled "Fire!" All but one of the other soldiers shot their weapons into the crowd. Three Americans—ropemaker Samuel Gray, mariner James Caldwell, and a multiracial sailor, Crispus Attucks—died instantly. Seventeen-year-old Samuel Maverick, struck by a ricocheting musket ball at the back of the crowd, died the next day. Thirty-year-old Irish immigrant Patrick Carr died two weeks later. Six more men were injured. To keep the peace, the next day royal authorities agreed to remove all troops from the center of town to a fort on Castle Island in Boston Harbor.

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Answer 2

Oh wow. I bear in techniques I did a document on it in 5th grade... The Boston massacre (TBM) befell on King highway on Monday, March 5, 1770. human beings killed in Boston massacre: Crispus Attucks (2 rock-midsection snowballs to his head), Mr. Samuel gray, Mr. James Caldwell, Mr. Samuel Maverick (17 years previous, mortally wounded, died the subsequent morning), Patrick Carr (leather-based worker, Irish immigrant). i'd supply you extra, yet which would be dishonest. attempt finding on Wikipedia for "Boston massacre". Or Google.

Answer 3

5 colonists killed,one African american,named Crispus Attucks, and 4 whites. 2 british soldiers convicted of manslaughter. thats all i can remeber.

Answer 4

http://jurist.law.pitt.edu/trials19.htm
http://www.publicbookshelf.com/public_html/Our_Country_vol_2/bostonmas_cg.html
http://www.crf-usa.org/bria/bria16_1.html