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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