Boston MassacreBy: Kade Olson

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WHO Was Involved?•Colonists• Crispin Attucks was a

runaway slave killed in the Boston massacre.• John Adams served

general George Washington

•British• Captain Preston was in

charge of the British soldiers

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WHERE Did It Happen?This event happened

March 5th, 1770This event also

happened in the court house

This event also happened at Boston Harbor

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WHY Did It Happen?This event happened

because towns people called red coats names

This event also happened because children and adults threw snowballs and rocks at the British

A riot began when 50-60 Colonists began threatening Captain Preston and his men

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WHEN Did It Happen?This event

happened March 5th ,1770

This event also happened March 6th,1770

This event also happened March 7th ,1770

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WHAT Happened?• British

• Captain Preston was dragged to court for shooting the Colonists

• The red coats fired on towns people three killed two were dying and six others wounded

• Colonists• The towns people threw rocks and hit

them with clubs and called them names

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OTHER InformationBritish

The British had a plan to signal the other British troops

Two of the red coats were branded on the thumb and were dismissed from the British army

Colonists The colonists made the name

Boston Massacre to rally against the British police

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BIBLIOGRAPHYHoward, Egger, and Marlene Smith. US Kids

Book of American Revolution. Boston : Little Brown and Company, 1994. Print.

James, Kirby, Martin. “Boston Massacre.” World Book Online. 2011. World Book Student. Web. 4 Feb. 2011. http://www.WorldBookOnline.com/BostonMassacre.

Penner, Luicill. The Liberty Tree. New York: Random House, 1998. Print.

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