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The Boston Massacre



The Boston Massacre ended horribly with three colonist dead, two injured, and six other that would later recover. The whole incident began when a fight erupted between a British soldier and a colonist, this wasn't uncommon. The colonist was strock with the butt of the musket durning the confrentation and a coved assembled around them. The crowd quickly begain pelting the sentry with stones, oyster shells, ice, and chunks of coal! Reinforcements were sent to help the solders and were qulckly taunted by the crowd. Someone yelled “FIRE” into the mob, and the redcoats did so. By the time the fight ended, three colonists lay dead, two other wounded, and six that later recovered. Many people were affected by the Boston Massacre. The Boston Massacre wa responible for the killing of innocent colonists. Colonial Boston Map

[|Boston Massacre Articles] Disscusion questions: 1. Why did an argument break out between the soldier and the merchant? 2. How many colonists lay dead after the soldiers fired?

[|About the Boston Massacre] Discussion questions: 1. Who led the soldiers who came to rescue the lone sentry? 2. What is the only evidence historians have to determine the guilt or innocence of Captain Preston?



Created by: Leighlyn, Liz, Cassie, Ariene
 *  June 29,1767 ||  The British Pariament passes the townshend act  ||
 *  October 1,1768 ||  British troops start arriving to Boston  ||
 *  March 5,1770 ||  Boston Massacre occurs  ||
 *  October 24-30,1770 ||  The trial of Captain Preston  ||
 *  November 27-December 14,1770 ||  The trial of the British soldiers  ||