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Pros And Cons On The Boston Massacre

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If I was on the jury on the Boston Massacre case I would have voted not guilty. Captain Preston and his men were tricked into firing into the crowd of laborers on March 5, 1770. For example Capt. Preston was asked if he told his men to fire and he answered no because he was standing in front of men making that if his men were to fire he would have sacrificed his very own life. In the John Adams miniseries Goddard said Capt. Preston was standing behind his men when in reality he was indeed standing in front of them which really doesn't seem to fit. From the primary source from Captain Preston's recollection from the Boston Massacre stated that the colonist were throwing snowballs and attacking the soldiers with heavy clubs. In the miniseries

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