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.

Basic rules of engagement. It particularly helps in establishing 'who started it' when the finger pointing begins. It showed that we would defend our rights, but didn't want to start the hostilities.

The actual quote attributed to Captain John Parker of the Massachusetts Militia was "Stand your ground. Don't fire unless fired upon...but if they mean to have a war, let it begin here."

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Actually, it's a lot more controversial than that. The Patriots weren't that innocent, either. They were calling British troops names and pelting rocks at them. Some soldiers panicked and fired. The colonists had a right to be angry, but to throw things at them then later saying that the soldiers fired at unarmed protesters is a little strange. I'm not picking a side here, I'm just trying to prove that not everything the Patriots did was right or rational, in this case.

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From distancing themselves from God they have succumbed to the evil one and his influences.

Boston was really the epicenter of the American Revolution. Many patriotic groups operated out of the city, and in response to anti-British activities in the city, extra redcoats were stationed there. With the heavy penalties imposed on Boston, many natives were resentful. Eventually this led to some protesters provoking a patrol of British soldiers who opened fire and killed several Americans.

The ludlow massacre refers to the violent deaths of 19 people during an attack by the Colorado national guard on a tent colony of 1,200 striking coal miners and their families at Ludlow, Colorado on April 20, 1914. The deaths occurred after a daylong fight between strikers and the Guard. Two women and eleven children were asphyxiated and burned to death. Three union leaders and two strikers were killed by gunfire, along with one child, one passerby, and one National Guardsman. In response, the miners armed themselves and attacked dozens of mines, destroying property and engaging in several skirmishes with the Colorado National Guard.

Well through a depiction by Paul Revere and newspapers

Revere made a depction of the massacre that was printed in colonial newspapers. In the depiction it looked like the Americans were surrounded by the British and were helpless. It seemed like the British were the bad guys in the depiction since they shot at people and people fell dead. There was blood and a dog in the picture and oddly enough women in it too. The real way it happened was that the Americans were the ones antagonizing the Brits. Other Brits gathered and Preson ordered 'Darn you, fire!" supposedly to his troops to fire. No one knows for suer who fired that day but it was Preston's troops, when the smoke cleared there were people wounded and people killed-Samuel Marvick, Crispus Attucks and so on. It was started and provoked by the Americans. Revere's depiction was completely inaccurate but it was an effective form of propoganda. It made people in the colonies think that it was a "Horrible Massacre" (that was a colonail newspapers headline) and that it was the British troops fault for no reason.

State Street (known in 1770 as King Street), in front of the Old State House.

Paul Revere

Captain Thomas Preston was charged with ordering his men to fire their muskets into the rioting crowd.

rioting= a state of disorder involving group violence. :)

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He used the Boston Massacre as a way to make the colonists angry with the British.

the public grew distrustful of the johnson administration

They marched in formation.

March 5, 1770 is the date of the Boston Massacre.

After the colonials had fortified Dorchester Heights to the South, the British were compelled to evauate the city.

Samuel Adams is the leader of the anti-British group in Boston. He is one of the first people to urge revolt against Britain.

unarmed colonists

1. Samuel Adams was the one who did this.

In the Revolutionary War battles both sides were armed and trying to take or hold positions. In the so-called Boston Massacre, on the British troops were armed. The crowd threatened them was not armed with more than snowballs, but the troops felt threatened and were backed into a corner.

Hundreds died and more were wounded on both sides during most battles of the Revolution. At the Boston Massacre only five of the mob were killed and no British troops were wounded