Preston, Corporal William Wemms, and six privates - Carroll, Kilroy, Warren, Montgomery, Hartigan, and McCauley - marched to the sentry box with fixed bayonets. White joined the ranks. Preston was unable to march the eight soldiers back to the barracks because of the threatening crowd, armed with sticks, swords, rocks, ice, and snow. The troops formed a defensive semi-circle in front of the Custom House stairs. While some among the crowd pleaded with Captain Preston to keep his soldiers calm and not to fire, others dared the soldiers to fire. Sticks and bayonets dueled. The taunting colonists thought the soldiers would not fire. Based on pasage 1, Why were more colonists injured than soldiers?

A. The colonists did not have sophisticated weapons.

B. There were more soldiers than colonists in the area.

C. The soldiers were angrier about the existing conditions than the colonists were.

The colonists did not have strong leaders to organize their efforts of protest.​