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Boston Massacre
The Boston Massacre, the death of five civilians on March 5, 1770, helped spark the American Revolutionary War.
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What set off the opelousas massacre of 1868?
What set the opelousas massacre of 1868 was... the incident when three local whites beat up Emerson Bentley, the 18 year old editor of the Opelousas Republican.
resistance expressed in an action or argument. resistance, hostility, objection, etc.
1. (n.)opposition
the action of opposing, resisting, or combating.
2. opposition
antagonism or hostility.
3. opposition
a person or group of people opposing, criticizing, or protesting something, someone, or another group.
4. opposition
(sometimes cap.) the major political party opposed to the party in power and seeking to replace it.
5. opposition
the act of placing opposite, or the state or position of being placed opposite.
6. opposition
the act of opposing, or the state of being opposed by way of comparison or contrast.
7. opposition
the relation between two propositions in logic that have the same subject and predicate, but which differ inquantity or quality, or in both.
8. opposition
the situation of two heavenly bodies when their longitudes or right ascensions differ by 180°:
The moon is in opposition to the sun when the earth is directly between them.
9. opposition
the relationship between two alternative units within a linguistic system.
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Why did Americans win revolution war despite many disadvantages?
The Americans had more money than the British.
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.
How did the Quartering Act lead to the Boston Massacre?
the quartering act was a law that said colonists had to give food, beds, and a home for the soldiers stationed there. the colonists thought that was unfair and when they saw them they were reminded that Britain was trying to bully them.
What was the Boston massacre and how did it inspire the colonists to revolt against the british?
The Boston Massacre occurred when British soldiers started shooting at a crowd of rioting townspeople. It inspired colonists to revolt because they were already angry at the British for other reasons such as the Intolerable Acts.
What are present-day race relations in the United States?
Obviously everyone has their own perception of racism, what it constitutes, what is acceptable behavior. Historically, rural areas and states in the South have been stereotyped as having more racist ideologies amongst their populations. Attitudes towards other races, including intermarriage and interracial children are much more open minded than they were even fifty years ago. Along with acceptance and tolerance, there is the downside of slightly growing numbers of interracial crime--although the vast majority of crimes are still interracial.
Another stereotype is the solely black/white element of racism. There is no denying the poor treatment of blacks, Indians, and other races over the course of U.S. history, both socially and through enacted laws, but the elements of racism amongst minorities (including racism towards darker or lighter skinned members of their own race, or members of their own race from other nations or cultures) has been overlooked at times.
The Rodney King beating and subsequent riots in L.A. after the trial, the O.J Simpson trial, the aftermath of Hurricane Katrina, and the debate over illegal aliens are examples of issues of that affected racial relations. Classism was also tied in with many of these occurrences--the idea that a person who was wealthier or more socially prominent received better treatment or better "justice" than a a middle class or poor person of the same race. Statistics on perceptions or racism and racial relations can be found online.
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