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The Boston Massacre
Title: The Boston Massacre
Category: History
Details: Words: 867 | Pages: 3.7 (approximately 235 words/page)
The Boston Massacre
The Boston Massacre
The town of Boston was a very uneasy city throughout the 1760's. This uneasiness quickly turned to belligerence in the early part of 1770. Tensions had been mounting from the beginning of the year with various clashes between British sympathizers and colonists. However, in early March the tensions erupted into bloodshed.
On March 5, 1770 a small group of colonists were up to their usual sport of tormenting British soldiers. By many accounts there was …showed first 75 words of 867 total…
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…showed last 75 words of 867 total…use it as proof of Britain's tyranny. For example, Paul Revere created a famous engraving that he entitled, "The Bloody Massacre perpetrated in King Street". This was not the only instance of unrest and violence before the revolution, but the Boston Massacre is often pointed to as the event that presaged the Revolutionary War. Like the Maine, Lusitania, Pearl Harbor and the Gulf of Tonkin, the Boston Massacre became the rallying cry for the patriots.
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