The Boston Massacre

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of the colony, the colonists were even more angered, because they did not agree with the governor’s thinking. They attempted to boycott stores that bought from England. Caught up in the patriotism, young boys would throw dirt, oyster shells, and dirt at those who went into the stores. On February 22, 1770, eleven-year-old Christopher Snider, was doing just that, when he was shot in the chest and stomach. The men who had killed him were put into jail. In support, two thousand people lined the streets as Christopher’s coffin was being carried to the burial ground.7
Not more than three weeks later, on the evening of March 5, 1770, an argument broke out between a wigmakers’ apprentice and a British soldier. The apprentice had been following orders by going after the officer, because they thought he did not pay for his haircut. The solider then hit the apprentice with his musket, and carried on at the Custom House.5 The colonists who witnessed this attack began to throw ...

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