A furious fight between the red coats and patriots

 

Asha Singapogu

Lesson 6

September 16, 2020

A furious fight between the red coats and patriots

            The hushed sounds of the cold winter night in 1770 gave everything a strange feel. Hugh white was a low ranking soldier in the British army. Red  Coats were British soldier who bravely fought. Patriots were angry settlers, who did not like the red coats. At the time in Boston things were not going to well for the two groups. They were getting angry at each other.

            As Hugh white who was scanning and observing the streets he had a strange feeling. He really sought to calm the anger of the people. They were angry because the king was making the pay unfair taxes. Soon the general joined him as a as a young patriot walked up to them speaking arrogantly to the officer. White confronted him telling him to be more respectful. Rather the youth said ‘’Huh who are you to confront me’’ ,and went on even more disrespectfully. White exclaimed ‘’ how dare you talk like that to a British officer’’and struck him with the butt of his gun.

            The patriots, who were angry crowded around crying, ‘’kill him.’’ They furiously started throwing rocks, ice, and sticks. As the ice struck a man his gun fired the red coats urgently started firing at them causing five men to die. This was one of the many fights between the redcoats and the Patriots.