The people of Boston (Aka the Patriots) had some pretty mean names for the British soldiers. They were called Redcoats due to their red uniforms, and Lobseterbacks because back then everyone hated lobsters and the uniforms were red. They also called them Regulars, Kings men, and other names still around today.
Redcoats was the name the people of Boston gave to the British soldiers. This is because the British uniform tops were red.
British soldiers were called Red Coats by the Bostonians. They were also called Red Coats by most other people who were not loyal to the British Crown.
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sticks, stones, snowballs at the Boston Massacre.
This was the Boston Massacre. It happened on March 5, 1770, in Boston, Massachusetts. British soldiers killed 5 civilians, and injured 6 others. British troops had been stationed in Boston to enforce unpopular Parliamentary legislation. A mob formed around some British soldiers, and in response, they fired into the crowd, instantly killing 3 people and wounding others. 2 more people died later of wounds sustained in the incident.
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None, but two of the soldiers were branded on the thumb for manslaughter. They were first time offenders, and given Benefit of Clergy, so they avoided getting hung.
{| |- | Much of it was the journalistic slant given it by the Colonial Press. An engraving of the incident received much publication. And the image it portrayed of British Soldiers firing on unarmed Colonists was pretty vivid. It inflamed those that lived in the colonies at the time. |}
Name given to the British soldiers by the people of Boston was the "redcoats".
Redcoats
sticks, stones, snowballs at the Boston Massacre.
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This was the Boston Massacre. It happened on March 5, 1770, in Boston, Massachusetts. British soldiers killed 5 civilians, and injured 6 others. British troops had been stationed in Boston to enforce unpopular Parliamentary legislation. A mob formed around some British soldiers, and in response, they fired into the crowd, instantly killing 3 people and wounding others. 2 more people died later of wounds sustained in the incident.
This was the Boston Massacre. It happened on March 5, 1770, in Boston, Massachusetts. British soldiers killed 5 civilians, and injured 6 others. British troops had been stationed in Boston to enforce unpopular Parliamentary legislation. A mob formed around some British soldiers, and in response, they fired into the crowd, instantly killing 3 people and wounding others. 2 more people died later of wounds sustained in the incident.
On the evening of April 18, 1775, Paul Revere was summoned by Dr. Joseph Warren of Boston and given the task of riding to Lexington, Massachusetts, with the news that regular troops were about to march into the countryside northwest of Boston.
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These soldiers and navy men were called privateers.
The name Boston massacre was given to the events of March 5,1770 in order to
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