Thomas Hutchinson

Thomas Hutchinson was born on September 9 1711 and died June 3 1780. He was a business man, historian, and a loyal politician of the Province of Massachusetts Bay in the years before the American Revolution. And a succesful merchant and polititian. He was born in Boston, attended Harvard earning a Master of Arts before entering business. Young Thomas entered Harvard College at twelve, graduating in 1727, his father showed him the business world early. He had deep American roots, he was a descendant of Anne Hutchinson who was expelled from Boston for her religious, his parents were both from well merchant families. His father was involved in the family mercantile trade, but was also active in political, military, and charitable circles and served on the provincial council.

He was a member of Boston Selectmen in 1737, and was popularly elected to the Legislature where he served almost continuously until 1749. He served as a member of the state council, was Chief Justice of the Superior Court, and eventually Lieutenant Governor.
He resisted Boston's drift away from England and percieved the Revolution. Hutchinson was very radical and held an rivality for the revolutionary radicals. They returned this feeling, when in 1765, as a mob they attacked and looted his personal residence.

After his attack Hutchinson began to secretly advise England to move to forcefully restrain the Colony. As the town filled with English troops, he entreated them to take the greatest care, eventhough the slightest tragedy would spread like wind.
Exactly that happened in March 5, 1770 when a group of unarmed mean threatened English soldiers. The soldiers shot and killed 5 of them.
The morning after what would later be called the Boston Massacre, Boston's selectmen demanded that Hutchinson order the English to see more "blood and carnage"