Cause and Affect Essay

In the story of JohnTreegate’s Musket there are many causes and effects in the story. I am writing this to show that I understand the climax in the story. The main characters name is Peter Treegate. He is eleven years old. His dad is John Treegate. In the story John Treegate left his son to negotiate the problems with the red coats in Boston, he has left his son Peter behind. The story takes place in Boston Massachusetts right around the time of the Boston tea party and the Boston Massacre.
The climax and the cause of the story is where Peter is coming back from doing a job under the apprenticeship of Mr. Fielding. He is on his way back to Mr. Fielding’s house when a boy passes by him and tells him to run. The boy disappears. Peter did run unknowing of whatever he was running from until he is grabbed by the collar of his jacket by a red coat. Apparently the kid who disappeared was throwing snowballs at the red coat. By mistake the red coat mistakes Peter for that kid. The red coat knocks Peter down telling him he’s going to teach him a lesson on respect for authority. Then suddenly a crowed started to form, telling the red coat to let the poor kid go and go bully someone your own size. The distraction of the crowd gave Peter the perfect opportunity to escape. Later that night the infuriated people started a riot on the street and things got out of hand. A couple men got killed and others were brutally injured. That is the affect of this whole incident.
The cause in this story is Peter being accused of throwing snowballs at the red coat. The unfortunate affect of this story is the deaths and brutal injuries of a lot of people during a riot outbreak. Those are an example of the causes and effects in the story of John Treegate’s Musket.