Why was Crispus Attucks Important?

Answer 1

Crispus Attucks was a free black man who lived in Massachusetts. He was the first (or one of the first) of the colonists killed by British soldiers on March 5, 1770, in what came to be known as the "Boston Massacre."

Answer 2

He was the first casualty of the revolutionary war, and he was half runaway slave and half Native American. Thus, he became an American icon--a martyr (someone who dies for a cause).

Yeah...it doesn't make much sense to me either.

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Answer 3

he was important because he tried to help others escape slavery