THE AMERICAN REVOLUTION 1775 1783
AMERICAN REVOLUTION SOCIAL AND ECONOMIC IMPACT
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the violent seizure of colonists to serve in the British army and navy
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the execution of British soldiers for their part in the deaths of five colonists
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an attack on colonists by British soldiers to punish them for boycotting British goods
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an incident where colonists clashed with British soldiers and five colonists died as a result
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Detailed explanation-1: -The Boston Massacre was a deadly riot that occurred on March 5, 1770, on King Street in Boston. It began as a street brawl between American colonists and a lone British soldier, but quickly escalated to a chaotic, bloody slaughter.
Detailed explanation-2: -The Boston Massacre (known in Great Britain as the Incident on King Street) was a confrontation in Boston on March 5, 1770, in which a group of nine British soldiers shot five people of a crowd of three or four hundred who were harassing them verbally and throwing various projectiles.
Detailed explanation-3: -On March 5, 1770, British soldiers fired upon a group of rowdy colonists, killing five and wounding others.
Detailed explanation-4: -The Boston Massacre was a street fight that occurred on March 5, 1770, between a “patriot” mob, throwing snowballs, stones, and sticks, and a squad of British soldiers. Several colonists were killed and this led to a campaign by speech-writers to rouse the ire of the citizenry.
Detailed explanation-5: -Boston was a pretty tense place in early 1770. Colonists objected to the taxes, declaring that Parliament had no right to impose taxes on them without their agreement. British soldiers were present to quiet riots that were taking place over the actions of the tax-collection agency, the Board of Customs Commissioners.