Even after the boston massacre took place the war between the british and the colonizers had only just begone. The boston massacre was just a signaling event that would lead up to the revolutionary war. Due to a common dislke against the british rule, it united the colonies agains the british. As bad as the boston massacre may have seemed it actually brought a bunch of upsides that not just impacted us but the world. One of them was that after the events took place in boston it sparked them to fight for their independence against the british rule. During the aftermath the british soldiers who were involed in the fight were taken to court where eight men were found not guilty of murder but two ended up being convicted of manslaughter.
Here are the notes from the boston massacre trial relating to the trial of the eight soliders.