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The Boston Massacre was an important event in the relationship between Great Britain and the colonists. For the first time, a protest led to the death of colonists. For some, this changed the ...
Because the royal governor, Thomas Hutchinson, asked that troops be kept in Boston, some of those sent into the city were kept there until March 1770. Tension developed between the soldiers and civilians, leading on March 5 to the Boston Massacre, in which British soldiers, assaulted by civilians throwing stones and chunks of ice at them ...
Colonists' rebellious acts were becoming more deliberate; now they had destroyed private property and committed an overt illegal act. In response to the insubordinate actions, Parliament passed a series of laws called the Coercive Acts on March 31, 1774 (called the Intolerable Acts by American colonists). The intent was to punish Massachusetts ...
Boston Massacre. On March 5, 1770, seven British soldiers fired into a crowd of volatile Bostonians, killing five, wounding another six, and angering an entire colony. The event, known as the Boston Massacre, did not happen in an isolated vacuum, but it occurred as a result of growing tensions between Boston colonists and English Parliament.
Use the Image Comparison Tool to compare engravings of the Boston Massacre in the MHS collections side-by-side. Images include: State Street, 1801: James Brown Marston's painting depicts the site of the Boston Massacre, in front of the old State House (then known as the Town House). "King Street" was renamed "State Street" in 1784, following ...
Boston Massacre Oration — Dr. Joseph Warren, 1772 On the second anniversary of the Boston Massacre, hundreds of Boston colonists gathered to remember the event and the victims. Dr. Joseph Warren delivered a speech that not only commemorated the event, but also stirred feelings of liberty and revolution for all in attendance.
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Aug 16, 2021 · Paul Revere's engraving of all four sides of the obelisk erected on Boston Common in celebration of the repeal of the Stamp Act. “That’s a very important early political print from Revere ...
