THE ROAD TO REVOLUTION 1700 1774
SONS OF LIBERTY RESISTANCE TO THE STAMP ACT AND BRITISH RULE
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Detailed explanation-1: -The other soldiers began firing a moment later, and when the smoke cleared, five colonists were dead or dying-Crispus Attucks, Patrick Carr, Samuel Gray, Samuel Maverick and James Caldwell-and three more were injured.
Detailed explanation-2: -Five men were killed in the incident known as the Boston Massacre. Among them was Crispus Attucks, a former slave. Captain Preston and four of his men were cleared of all charges in the trial that followed. Two others were convicted of manslaughter, but were sentenced to a mere branding of the thumb.
Detailed explanation-3: -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-4: -Late in the afternoon of March 5, 1770, British sentries guarding the Boston Customs House shot into a crowd of civilians, killing three men and injuring eight, two of them mortally.
Detailed explanation-5: -The Boston Massacre occurred on March 5, 1770 when British soldiers in Boston opened fire on a group of American colonists killing five men.