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2 days ago · This essay about the Boston Massacre illustrates its crucial role in American history, detailing the events and consequences of the tragic night in 1770. It discusses the incident’s impact on the colonies’ push for independence, focusing on the figures who lost their lives and the trial of the British soldiers involved.
5 days ago · By changing clothes, using different voices and moving from window to window, Bickford was able to convince his attackers that the garrison was well defended. Other members of the village did not fare so well; 94 Oyster River settlers were brutally killed and others taken captive.
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5 days ago · 2 Boston Massacre The Boston Massacre started on March 5, 1770, and was a battle between the British soldiers and the colonists. It began when the British government wanted to exercise excess control of the colonies and increase taxes simultaneously, which agitated the colonists. The events of the Boston Massacre were significant in uniting the ...
15 hours ago · The Seven Years' War (1756–1763) was a global conflict involving most of the European great powers, fought primarily in Europe and the Americas. One of the opposing alliances was led by Great Britain and Prussia. The other alliance was led by France, backed by Spain, Saxony, Sweden, and Russia.
- 17 May 1756 – 15 February 1763, (6 years, 8 months, 4 weeks and 1 day)
5 days ago · 1879: Today’s “Foreign News” column reported that there had been a massacre of Jews in Satschcheri in the Caucuses. At the beginning of April the body of a child was found in the woods. Seven Jews were accused by the Christian villagers of having killed the child and then having hid the body as part of their Easter Sacrifice.
1 day ago · Wilmington, Delaware (November 13) 1919 – Annapolis riot of 1919, June 27, Annapolis, Maryland. 1919 – Boston Police Strike, September 9–11, Boston, Massachusetts. 1919 – Steel Strike of 1919, September 22 – January 8 Pennsylvania. 1919 – Coal Strike of 1919, November 1 – December 10 Pennsylvania.
5 days ago · The Boston Celtics defeated the Cleveland Cavaliers 120-95 in Game 1 of their 2024 Eastern Conference semifinals series thanks to big games from point guard Derrick White and star forward Jaylen...
