6. The Boston Massacre
Read the Question.
Some historians have highlighted the term “massacre” and implied it is misused. Why do you think the term “massacre” has been used to describe what others have called “the incident on King Street?”
Scan the Blurb.
The Boston Massacre (also called “the Incident on King Street” in Great Britain) was a confrontation between Boston, Massachusetts citizens, and nine British Soldiers. Although explanations for who caused the event’s start, the situation ended with five colonists killed. Similarly, the trial and conviction of the soldiers accused of killing the colonists left many colonists unprotected by the British Government.
