The book the Boston Massacre was written by Hiller B. Zobel in 1970. It narrates one of the saddest stories in the United States. In fact that massacre has a background which led the population into the worst situation. Boston, at that time, was a major center of resistance to unpopular acts of taxation by the British Parliament in 1760. Beyond that, the Townshend Acts, a series of taxes, were add upon the colonists in 1768. These Townshend acts taxes, were placed on a variety of items that were produce in United Kingdom and exported to the colonies. Unfortunately, that acts had been seen by the colonist as a violation of the constitution and the Natural Charter of British. Thus the Massachusetts house of representatives began a campaign against…show more content… Beyond that, the house called for a boycott of some goods coming aboard British ships. This represent the oldest origin of the Boston Massacre. From this event, other event followed until the day of the massacre.
The massacre started on the evening of March 5, 1770. One man named Edward Garrick came to the Custom house of Boston to ask his money he borrowed John Goldfinch an officer of British army. Goldfinch did not answer anything thus Garrick started to insult him. Hugh White, a British soldier, who stood on guard called out to Garrick telling him that he should be more respectful upon the officer. Yet Garrick did not understand he not only continue insulting the officer but also start to insult the soldier. Hugh left his post, took the boy, and struck him on the side of a house. Garrick started crying. This attract a crowd around the scene. As time passed people continue to join the crowd and the crowd became larger and more boisterous. Aver fifty people guarded among them we see a runaway slave named Crispus Attucks, when Hugh saw that he sought assistance and one officer known as Thomas Preston accompanied by six soldiers who are William Wemms, Hugh Montgomery, John Carroll, William McCauley, William Warren, and Matthew Kilroy came to relieve Hugh. They pushed their way through the crowd. A 19 years old known as Henry Knox warmed Preston that if his