USA HISTORY

Detailed explanation-1: -Crispus Attucks, a multiracial man who had escaped slavery, is known as the first American colonist killed in the American Revolution. On the evening of March 5, 1770, British troops fired into a crowd of angry American colonists in Boston who had taunted and violently harassed them.

Detailed explanation-2: -Africans in America/Part 2/Crispus Attucks. In 1770, Crispus Attucks, a black man, became the first casualty of the American Revolution when he was shot and killed in what became known as the Boston Massacre.

Detailed explanation-3: -Attucks was one of the Boston Patriots to die during the Boston Massacre on March 5, 1770. Not much is known about Attucks, but most historians agree that he was of mixed blood of African and Native American descent.

Detailed explanation-4: -Crispus Attucks was one of the many who played a role in moving angry colonists toward their unprecedented struggle for independence. He is remembered for being the first colonist killed by the British, a seminal moment in a fledgling nation’s collective memory.

Detailed explanation-5: -As an African American patriot Crispus Attucks represents the 5, 000 African American soldiers who fought for an independent America.