The British soldiers were responsible for the Boston Massacre because they used unnecessary means of force and weapons. The colonists were completely unarmed and innocent. They had no weapons on them that was capable of killing any soldier. They also were only nagging at the soldiers and yelling at them, if the soldiers told them to stop they would because the colonists fear the soldiers. The British soldiers fired at the colonists and hit them with their swords. The soldiers had the option to just shoot powder and scare the colonists. Still, they decided to use the balls also which made their weapon capable of killing, so they knew their weapons could take a life. The soldiers fired into a crowd of colonists and killed five innocent people
