American "Revolution"? Fought for by aristocrats and lead to little major political change. Boston "Massacre"? Five people dead, less than shootings today. British "tyranny" upon elite American colonists? A tax exclusively on tea, not literal genocide like they did to India and others

  • Ryaina [she/her]
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    4 years ago

    I feel I should point out that the Boston Massacre was started in part because a British merchant shot and killed an 11-year-old boy less than a month earlier.
    so when the crowns guard were called because a merchant was being "harassed" by townspeople, among them a freed black slave, in front of a Customs House which resulted in the shooting and the death of 5, several more injured, the town and people were rightly in a furry.

    Long story short Class consciousness was strong back then and the death of those five common people has been immortalized in history.

    The fast that is was propagandized by the wealthy to fuel their revolution is another matter entirely. please don't mock calling it a massacre just because the numbers were low.