Question

Which of the following statements about the Boston Massacre is NOT true?

a) A British soldier hit a boy in the face with his gun.

b) 5 colonists were dead at the end of the fight.

c) John Adams represented the accused soldiers at their trial.

d) King George III sent an apology letter to the colonists of Boston for the incident.

Answer 1

The untrue statement about the Boston Massacre is that King George III sent an apology letter to the colonists; this did not happen.

Step-by-step explanation:

The statement about the Boston Massacre that is NOT true is: d) King George III sent an apology letter to the colonists of Boston for the incident. There is no historical evidence that King George III sent an apology letter to the colonists after the Boston Massacre. Other statements are true: a British soldier did indeed hit a boy with his gun, leading to heightened tensions that contributed to the Boston Massacre where five colonists were killed, and John Adams represented the British soldiers in their trial, in which most were acquitted.