The Boston Massacre

The Boston Massacre

Does Captain Preston seems to be an officer who would order his men to fire upon unarmed Bostonians, or does he seem to realize his men had deadly weapons and the Boston mob did not?

After studying the case, it seems to be as he was afraid on the fact that the Boston mob does not have the deadly weapons as they have, or might be the case was vice versa. Throughout the case, it was exclaimed that he did not order his men to fire, even when the mob behind him were persuading him to order his men ...