The Boston Massacre Trial

In the Boston Massacre 5 people were killed. In the t.v. show, John Adams, I thought that they did the scene very well. it all started when about 200 rioters were throwing snowballs at a British soldier. the jury later found out that they were throwing oyster shells and clubs. the first shot was fired when someone threw a club at the soldiers head. Then the rioters were shouting " Fire, d*** you, fire!" However, Captain Preston who was in charge told them not to fire.In the trial for the British soldiers almost everyone in the court were very unhappy. They obviously hated the British and wanted them to hang for murder. They just wanted them dead. However, the British soldiers were innocent. The men who hated them even made up lies to get them proven guilty. In the end when the jury found the soldiers not guilty, the citizens were outraged. John Adams was defending the British soldiers. Sam Adams who hated the British as much as everybody else, knew john Adams did the right thing.