Boston Massacre Essays

Stanza 1 The Boston massacre was a street fight, Happened when the revolutionary war was just in sight. Patriots stood there, skin and bone Stood there, throwing stones. Stanza 2 At a red coat, Threatening his throat, He called for help, With a yelp Stanza 3 The Americans kept pelting, As anger was smelting. When…

This period in American history is one that is labeled as a time of change. Change for the American people as a whole and a change in the control of the British government. From the time of the first voyages across the Atlantic to the beginning of the quest for independence, people in this land…

The British had decided in 1763 to keep an army in the coloniesand to tax the colonists to pay for it. Then the British Parliamentpassed the Quartering Act in 1765. Colonists had to house Britishsoldiers and give each one candle and five pints of beer a day. Go back to England!! the townspeople yelled as…