The Boston Massacre is an incident that happened on March 5, 1770.
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| - The Boston Massacre is an incident that happened on March 5, 1770.
- The Boston Massacre was an attack by a group of Yankees fans on the Boston Red Sox in 2002. Immediately following the shooting, the Green Monster came out and gobbled up all the Yankee fans. Civilians that were harmed made sure it was known as the 'Clearance of the Fudgepack.'
- The Boston Massacre, known as the Incident on King Street by the British, was an incident on March 5, 1770, in which British Army soldiers killed five civilian men and injured six others. British troops had been stationed in Boston, capital of the Province of Massachusetts Bay, since 1768 in order to protect and support crown-appointed colonial officials attempting to enforce unpopular Parliamentary legislation. Amid ongoing tense relations between the population and the soldiers, a mob formed around a British sentry, who was subjected to verbal abuse and harassment. He was eventually supported by eight additional soldiers, who were subjected to verbal threats and thrown objects. They fired into the crowd, without orders, instantly killing three people and wounding others. Two more people
- Previous Concurrent Next <default>Boston Massacre</default> Timeframe Conflict Date Place Outcome Affiliations involved Participants The Boston Massacre, also known as the Incident on King Street to the British, was the result of the culmination of several fights between British soldiers and the people of Boston that occurred on 5 March 1770 in front of the Old State House on King Street.
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| - This famous depiction of the event was engraved by Paul Revere , colored by Christian Remick, and printed by Benjamin Edes. The Old State House is depicted in the background.
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| - *5 civilians killed - 6 more wounded
*Colonial propaganda war victory
*Beginning of rebellions leading to the Revolutionary War
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*Haytham Kenway
*Charles Lee
*Achilles Davenport
*Thomas Preston
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| - Locations along Boston's Freedom Trail
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| - —Excerpt from A Fair Account, suggesting the colonists planned the attack on the soldiers
- —Excerpt from A Short Narrative, suggesting the soldiers were contemplating violence against the colonists
- —John Adams, on the third anniversary of the massacre
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- Mr. John Gillespie, in his deposition, declares that, as he was going to the south end of the town, to meet some friends at a public house, he met several people in the streets in parties [armed with clubs], to the number, as he thinks, of forty or fifty persons; and that while he was sitting with his friends there, several persons of his acquaintance came in to them at different times, and took notice of the numbers of persons they had seen in the street armed in the above manner. [...] About half an hour after eight the bells rung, which [Gillespie] and his company took to be for fire; but they were told by the landlord of the house that it was to collect the mob. Mr. Gillespie upon this resolved to go home, and in his way met numbers of people who were running past him, of whom many were armed with clubs and sticks, and some with other weapons. At the same time a number of people passed by him with two fire-engines, as if there had been a fire in the town. But they were soon told that there was no fire, but that the people were going to fight the soldiers, upon which they immediately quitted the fire-engines, and swore they would go to their assistance. All this happened before the soldiers near the custom-house fired their muskets, which was not till half an hour after nine o'clock; and it [shows] that the inhabitants had formed, and were preparing to execute, a design of attacking the soldiers on that evening.
- The Part I took in Defence of Cptn. Preston and the Soldiers, procured me Anxiety, and Obloquy enough. It was, however, one of the most gallant, generous, manly and disinterested Actions of my whole Life, and one of the best Pieces of Service I ever rendered my Country. Judgment of Death against those Soldiers would have been as foul a Stain upon this Country as the Executions of the Quakers or Witches, anciently. As the Evidence was, the Verdict of the Jury was exactly right.
This however is no Reason why the Town should not call the Action of that Night a Massacre, nor is it any Argument in favour of the Governor or Minister, who caused them to be sent here. But it is the strongest Proofs of the Danger of Standing Armies.
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| - Previous Concurrent Next <default>Boston Massacre</default> Timeframe Conflict Date Place Outcome Affiliations involved Participants The Boston Massacre, also known as the Incident on King Street to the British, was the result of the culmination of several fights between British soldiers and the people of Boston that occurred on 5 March 1770 in front of the Old State House on King Street. The fights led to Templar involvement, where Charles Lee shot his pistol into the air to provoke the soldiers. The guards, feeling threatened, opened fire into the crowd against their orders, hitting several of the civilians. This event forced the young Assassin Connor to meet Samuel Adams, who assisted him in diminishing his notoriety, which had struck a high level as a result of the Templar Grand Master, Haytham Kenway, convincing the guards of his involvement.
- The Boston Massacre, known as the Incident on King Street by the British, was an incident on March 5, 1770, in which British Army soldiers killed five civilian men and injured six others. British troops had been stationed in Boston, capital of the Province of Massachusetts Bay, since 1768 in order to protect and support crown-appointed colonial officials attempting to enforce unpopular Parliamentary legislation. Amid ongoing tense relations between the population and the soldiers, a mob formed around a British sentry, who was subjected to verbal abuse and harassment. He was eventually supported by eight additional soldiers, who were subjected to verbal threats and thrown objects. They fired into the crowd, without orders, instantly killing three people and wounding others. Two more people died later of wounds sustained in the incident. The crowd eventually dispersed after Acting Governor Thomas Hutchinson promised an inquiry, but reformed the next day, prompting the withdrawal of the troops to Castle Island. Eight soldiers, one officer, and four civilians were arrested and charged with murder. Defended by the lawyer and future American President, John Adams, six of the soldiers were acquitted, while the other two were convicted of manslaughter and given reduced sentences. The sentence that the men guilty of manslaughter received was a branding on their hand. Depictions, reports, and propaganda about the event, notably the colored engraving produced by Paul Revere (shown at right), further heightened tensions throughout the Thirteen Colonies. The event is widely viewed as foreshadowing the outbreak of the American Revolutionary War five years later.
- The Boston Massacre is an incident that happened on March 5, 1770.
- The Boston Massacre was an attack by a group of Yankees fans on the Boston Red Sox in 2002. Immediately following the shooting, the Green Monster came out and gobbled up all the Yankee fans. Civilians that were harmed made sure it was known as the 'Clearance of the Fudgepack.'
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