There were a few reasons why the British soldiers decided to fire upon the Boston townspeople in the Boston massacre. At the time, the British soldiers and colonists had strong resentment towards each other. But, the argument began to escalate as more colonists came and began to harass and throw objects at the soldiers. As a result of this, five men were killed.
The Bill of Rights consists of 10 amendments that explicitly guarantee certain rights and protections to US citizens by limiting the power of the federal government. The First Amendment prevents the government from interfering with the freedoms of speech, peaceable assembly, and exercise of religion.
George Washington had warned the American people against “the insidious wiles of foreign influence.” President Monroe, writes Arnold Whitridge, further developed “the thesis of non-entanglement.
They watched the spectacle of whites marching away to war and the attendant fear of wives and mothers, people whom the slaves, in many cases, knew intimately; and they saw the grief that exploded when those same soldiers came home mangled or were sent home dead.
