Imagine you are a historian trying to understand how this newspaper's account influenced Bostonians' beliefs about the Boston Massacre, Sort the statements by whether colonists who had read this account probably would believe them or not. The British soldiers were defending themselves against colonists' attacks. The British soldiers were already attacking the colonists before the Massacre. The British soldiers had weapons. square square

Based on the newspaper's account, colonists who had read it would likely believe the following statements:<br /><br />1. The British soldiers were defending themselves against colonists' attacks.<br />2. The British soldiers had weapons.<br /><br />The statement "The British soldiers were already attacking the colonists before the Massacre" is less likely to be believed by colonists who had read the newspaper's account, as it does not align with the narrative presented in the article.