Both yes and no. Yes as in the massacre happened and many of the people shot civilians during the massacre. They weren't as in Captain Preston was found not guilty and many historians believe that he did not order the soldiers to attack but that the soldiers attacked of their own free will. There are even many who claim that it was self defense and that nobody was guilty except for the colonists.
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Around 1100 B.C. the Phoenicians began creating colonies all across the Mediterranean -- even on the Atlantic coasts of Europe and Africa. The first colonies were Cadiz on the Atlantic side of Spain, Lixis on the Atlantic side of Morocco, Utica on the coast of North Africa, and Kition on the island of Cyprus.
The government of the Soviet Union followed an unofficial policy of state atheism, aiming to gradually eliminate religious belief within its borders. While it never officially made religion illegal, the state nevertheless made great efforts to reduce the prevalence of religious belief within society.
