Case Background
Welcome, investigators - it is March of 1770. Today's case is a particularly difficult one because it involves the British military and the British colonists of Boston, Massachusetts. We don't have much information yet, but we do know that five Boston citizens are dead from gunshot wounds. The bullets were allegedly fired by British soldiers. The residents of Boston are already calling this a massacre.
I don't need to explain to you how tense the situation already is between the citizens of Boston and the military. This situation could easily get out of hand.
It is up to your team to discover the truth. It is your job to solve this case and determine whether the British soldiers murdered the American colonists or whether the entire incident was an accident that happened in self defense.
As you read and listen to the accounts as well as look at the art, please remember that the people and artists have bias, which means that they were on one side or the other. Their perception of the event might change what they see or they may even be willing to lie about the incident. Your job is to sort through all the evidence and try to determine the facts. The people of Boston are exremely angry right now and we want to make sure we do a good job of truly studying the evidence.
As you find important information, write it in your detective notebook.
Good luck... this might be the hardest case you will ever try to solve.