Boston Massacre

Name: Boston Massacre
Rating: 4.3 (291 reviews)

by Hourly History Book 7 in the American Revolutionary War series.

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The Boston Massacre reconstructs the confrontation of 5 March 1770, when British soldiers fired into a hostile crowd and killed five colonists. It places the incident within years of tension over taxation, military occupation, waterfront labour and organised resistance in Boston.

The book follows the propaganda campaign that turned the shootings into a symbol of imperial tyranny and the trials in which John Adams defended the soldiers. It separates later patriotic memory from the confused street violence while explaining the event’s importance in the road to revolution.