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The Boston Massacre by: Tripp

The Boston Massacre by: Tripp. How and Why Did it Happen?. The Boston Massacre happened because the British brought over troops and the British also raised taxes.

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The Boston Massacre by: Tripp

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  1. The Boston Massacreby: Tripp

  2. How and Why Did it Happen? • The Boston Massacre happened because the British brought over troops and the British also raised taxes. • The colonists started to throw snowballs, rocks, and sticks at the soldiers until the soldiers fired and killed three instantly and two died later.

  3. When and Where did it Happen • The Boston Massacre occurred on March 5, 1770 • The Boston Massacre happened on King Street in front of a customhouse where the taxes were collected

  4. People Who Where in the Massacre Colonists that died British soldiers that fired • Crispus Attucks (died right away) • Mr. Samuel Gray (died right away) • Mr. James Caldwell (died right away) • Mr. Samuel Maverick (died the next morning) • Patrick Carr (died two weeks later) • Christopher Monk (died ten years later) • Thomas Preston • Private Hugh White • Captain John Goldfinch • Corporal William Wemms • Lieutenant James Basset • Private Hugh Montgomery

  5. Thank you . . . • Boston Massacre Historical Society. “Home Page.” Bostonmassacre.net. Boston Massacre Historical Society, 2008. Web. 8 Apr. 2011. <http://www.bostonmassacre.net/‌index.html>. • Independence Hall Association. “The Boston Massacre.” Ushistory.org. Independence Hall Assn., 4 July 1995. Web. 8 Apr. 2011. <http://www.ushistory.org/‌declaration/‌related/‌massacre.htm>. • Ingraham, Leonard. An Album of the America Revolution. New York: Franklin Watts, 1971. Print. • Wikimeadia Commons. “Boston Massacre.” Commons.Wikimedia.org. Wikimedia Commons, 23 June 2010. Web. 11 Apr. 2011. <http://commons.wikimedia.org/‌wiki/‌File:Boston_Massacre_LOC.jpg>. • “KingSt Boston by Habermann.” Commons.wikimedia.org. Wikimeadia commons, 23 Nov. 2010. Web. 11 Apr. 2011. • Wikimedia Commons. “Snowpyramids.” Commons.Wikimedia.org. Wikimedia Commons, 27 Sept. 2010. Web. 11 Apr. 2011. <http://commons.wikimedia.org/‌wiki/‌File:Snowpyramids.jpg>.

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