Due to great burden from the different acts that brought many unwanted taxes from the British government, the Boston citizens were greatly irritated. The colonists felt as if they were prisoners in their own land. The merchants had the ability of holding meetings in the State House, as the property of it was in the town; but they were deprived of that right by mere power. Governor Bernard, soon after by every stratagem and by every method but a forcibly entry, endeavored to get possession of the manufactory-house, to make a barrack of it for the troops. This purpose caused it to be besieged by the troops, and the people in it to be used very cruelly. Everywhere they turned they saw guards. Judging from this, the townspeople concluded

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As you can see different people perceived the Boston Massacre in different ways. We had Samuel Adams and the colonists, who believed that the troops shouldn't have been harassing them, and that they had no right to shoot and kill any of the Bostonians of the Massachusetts Bay Colony. We then had the Lieutenant Governor, who represented Britain. He had a very eager heart and came to means with the colonists by agreeing with them and went in their favor of getting rid of the troops. Finally we had Preston and his troops, who testified that they were truly not responsible for the killings of those people. Everyone had different views on the event, but then again, this is no different from today, about two and a half centuries later with differences in so may parts of the world. It is important to remember though that the Boston Massacre was the first step to the inevitable Revolutionary War where the colonists would gain their independence from Britain and create the United States of America, a nation that would change the world forever.

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