Whitehouse goes on to say that a soldier was knocked down by a piece of wood that a man retrieved from under his coat. Based on most of the testimony against Preston and some for Preston, such as Benjamin Burdick's testimony against the testimony, he stated that he saw "a stick thrown at the soldiers" not a large piece of wood that could knock out a soldier. Whitehouse's testimony was most likely to distract the jury from the other strong testimony that was given against Preston, so they might think there was something they misinterpreted from the other testimony. These testimonies show that Preston ordered his soldiers to shoot people, some of whom were innocent people who were just there to satisfy their curiosity about the situation and murder them. The Boston Massacre created a new attitude in people that did not exist before. This created more hatred towards the British forces living with them and taking their money. It also made us understand that the American Revolution is coming because the people will not wait for another massacre to happen to kill even more people, they want the British