The Boston Massacre, also known as the Incident on King Street by the British, was a big event in American History. It was a street riot that occured on King Street between a patriot mob and British soldiers. This disaster occured on March 5, 1770. Although it was a somewhat fast event, the tension building […]
The Boston Massacre The Boston Massacre took place in 1770 outside the Boston Customs House. More than one hundred Bostonians confronted a band of nine British soldiers near a sentry box outside the Boston Customs House (Gale, 1999). Tensions between the Bostonians and the British soldiers rose, and the British ended up fatally wounding five […]
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Get startedOn the fifth of March, 1770, a patriot mob began to harass a British sentry outside the Custom House on King Street in Boston, Massachusetts. As the harassment escalated, Captain Thomas Preston was called for backup. During the confrontation, among the shouts and yelling, there were cries for the squad to “fire!”. The squad responded […]
During the 1700s, came the birth of one of the greatest countries in this world, the United States. The process was no walkthrough and many of the scarring events that took place were necessary for the advancement of the independence movement by the colonists. One very important event that changed the fate of the country […]
On March 5, 1770, colonists in the town of Boston decided that they wanted no more of the British soldiers on their street corners and doorsteps, and they took action (John Adams, Architect of American Government). What started that day as the seemingly harmless throwing of snowballs and calling of names resulted in anger building […]
On March 5, 1770, British troops fired into a crowd of Bostonians, killing three civilians immediately and injuring eight more. Two of the wounded died from their injuries soon thereafter. This event was quickly dubbed the Boston Massacre by Americans critiquing the British for imposing taxes and stationing troops in the colonies. Historians still have […]
The Boston Massacre had a big impact on American history, because of how it started, with many fights, too many taxes, too many laws and too many expenses, what happened during the massacre,with the killing and injuring of colonists and British soldiers, and because of what happened afterwards, with the British troops leaving Boston, and […]
The Acts of Boston For many the Boston Massacre is to be sought out as the first battle of the Revolutionary War. The life changing incident of history took place on March 5th 1770. The resulting factor came out to be five deaths of the colonist that was all done by the British. The British […]
