Summary Of If I Were A British Soldier Station

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Jamie Swetnam American History to 1865 September 17, 2010 If I were a British Soldier station outside the Boston Customs House on March 5, 1770 My name is John Smothers, I am an 18 year old British Infantry Soldier. I am a little bit shorter than you would think an average male to be, and skinny to boot. I have dirty blonde hair with a bit of scruff on my face. I am stationed in Boston, Massachusetts near the Boston Customs House. This is my story of the events that happened on March 5, 1770. On the morning of March 5, 1770 it was a cold snowy day, which was the same as the day before. The day had started out as any other day before had. Of course the definition of normal is a bit different than what we have today. There were the Patriots, who in my opinion were rebels with no respect for any law except what they had made. There were the colonists that were pretty well content with everything until pushed too far. Who was to know they were already pushed to the edge, and…show more content…
There was more tension with the Colonist than normal, and that was never good. Eventually we ignored and blew off the tension and thought everything was going to go just like any other day before. Then came the evening hours and that’s when everything went hay wire. Tension reached an all-time high when Edward Garrik, a wigmaker was accusing British Officer Lieutenant John Goldfinch of not paying his bill at his masters’ shop. Another soldier overheard the accusations that were being said and took the situation into his own hands. The wigmaker was not being kind or courteous to the soldier. The soldier tried to discuss the situation with him but he would not listen. The soldier had enough and stuck him on the head with the stock of his musket, which struck him hard enough to knock him down. With the wigmaker falling to the ground a crowd started to gather around to see what had happened and
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