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

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-K2UgQFRr38

Who was at fault, the colonists, or the British soldiers?

What do you think?