Post on 12-Jan-2016
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The Boston Massacre
March 5, 1770
Increase in number of troops sent to colonies because of Townshend Act
Increase in anger/frustration from colonists toward British Government
Increase in tensions between colonists and British soldiers in America
Factors leading up to Boston Massacre
British Custom House
Five colonists killed, six others wounded
Outrage sparked among colonists
Trial held for British soldiers involved
Results
The Boston Gazette
http://www.earlyamerica.com/review/winter96/massacre/
Crispus Attucks
African-American man
Escaped slave and former sailor
Referred to as the first hero of the American Revolution
Other leading figures
Captain Thomas Preston
John Adams
Who was at fault, the colonists, or the British soldiers?
What do you think?