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This happened many times during the Revolutionary War. The specific incident you are probably looking for is Lexington 1775.
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What city did the British attack after Washington D.C.?
They attacked Baltimore after Washington DC
What is the largest city in the british colonies in North America in 1775?
In 1755, the largest city in the United States was Philadelphia. The second largest city at this time was New York City.
After 1776 Washington's basic military strategy was to?
it was to starve the british out of the new york city
Who The British Reform Bill of 1867 extended the right to vote?
The city Workers (plato)
Which city does Paine use as an example of the grievous harm the British have already inflicted on the colonies?
Boston
The cause of the Boston massacre in 1770 the tension between?
townspeople and soldiers
What city was placed under siege by British Soldiers?
Kansas city.
City where colonial British tensions grew and several colonists were killed by British soldiers?
Boston, Massachusetts
Where did british soldiers search for a major stash of colonial weapons?
In the city of Concord
Why did the British soldiers attack the colonists in the Boston massacre?
Hostilities between the American colonists and the British army did not begin in 1776. The seeds of the rebellion of one Great Britain's wonderful and wealthy colonies, the American colonies had been brewing many years. The world of today would have been radically different if the British had not lost the American Revolutionary War. In 1770, tensions between Bostonians and the British troops were high. The soldiers were constantly harassed. A crowd of Boston folks were forming a crowd around a small group of British soldiers. Believing their lives were in danger, the soldiers fired into the crowd. Five Bostonians were killed near Customs House. This was labeled the Boston Massacre and the soldiers were placed on trial.
Who was nicknamed nicked ox for his size and his ability to transport captured british cannons to Boston which forced the british to surrender the city without a shot being fired?
General Henry Knox.
What city in Canada invented hockey?
Many believe the British soldiers who were stationed in Nova Scotia Canada invented it.
Who were the main participants of the Boston Massacre?
The main participants of the Boston Massacre were a group of British soldiers, known as the "lobsterbacks," and a crowd of colonists. The soldiers were part of the British army stationed in Boston, and the colonists were protesting against British taxation and the presence of troops in their city.
What are the city's in Mexico named?
You are fired.
What is French port city near the belgian border from which a fleet of british ships and civilian craft evacuated trapped soldiers in 1940?
Dunkirk
Where Francis Scott Key watched the battle that inspired him to write The Star Spangled Banner is in what city?
He wasn't in a city. He was on a British ship outside Fort McHenry, near Baltimore. He wrote it while he was watching the bombardment of the fortress. He was inspired by, in the middle of the night, the American flag standing proudly whilst lit up by bombs bursting in the air. It was during the Battle of Fort McHenry in 1814. The British had fired somewhere between 1500 and 1800 rounds on the fort- yet the flag, and the soldiers, remained.
What happened at the Boston Massacre?
The Boston Massacre was a street fight that occurred on March 5, 1770, between a "patriot" mob, throwing snowballs, stones, and sticks, and a squad of British soldiers. Several colonists were killed and this led to a campaign by speech-writers to rouse the ire of the citizenry.The presence of British troops in the city of Boston was increasingly unwelcome. The riot began when about 50 citizens attacked a British sentinel. A British officer, Captain Thomas Preston, called in additional soldiers, and these too were attacked, so the soldiers fired into the mob, killing 3 on the spot (a black sailor named Crispus Attucks, ropemaker Samuel Gray, and a mariner named James Caldwell), and wounding 8 others, two of whom died later (Samuel Maverick and Patrick Carr).A town meeting was called demanding the removal of the British and the trial of Captain Preston and his men for murder. At the trial, John Adams and Josiah Quincy II defended the British, leading to their acquittal and release. Samuel Quincy and Robert Treat Paine were the attorneys for the prosecution. Later, two of the British soldiers were found guilty of manslaughter.The Boston Massacre was a signal event leading to the Revolutionary War. It led directly to the Royal Governor evacuating the occupying army from the town of Boston. It would soon bring the revolution to armed rebellion throughout the colonies.The Boston Massacre was a protest over the occupation of British troops in the city of Boston that quickly escalated into a street fight on March 5, 1770. A mob confronted British soldiers, throwing rocks, snowballs and sticks. The situation quickly got out of hand and the troops fired into the crowd, killing five and wounding eight others.
