The Edgartown Massacre

This chapter provided information from the trial of Captain Thomas Preston. The chapter asked the question, “What really happened in the Boston Massacre”. Chapter four focused on the overall event of the Massacre and trying to determine if Captain Preston had given the order to fire at Boston citizens. The chapter provides background information and evidence from Preston’s trial to leave the reader answering the question the chapter presents. Although, after looking through all the witnesses’ testimonies some might sway in Captain Preston’s favor, just the way the grand jury did.

Wilson reports that one of the most exceedingly awful abominations professedly committed against the African American soldiers happened at Fort Pillow, Tennessee on April 12, 1864, when the Confederate Army unpredictably murdered approximately three hundred black fighters. The fort, stormed by General Nathan Bedford Forrest's troops, had surrendered. General Nathan Bedford Forrest would later become an organizer of the Ku Klux Klan The Union Army claimed that the killing of the black soldiers was a massacre; yet, the Confederacy denied this claim, stating that the soldiers died in the fighting before the surrender. This massacre failed to weaken the courage of the black soldiers, but rather raised their determination and many black soldiers

We placed the heads on a pallet and sent them back to the two that lived to Fort Ambercon. The eyes, tongues, fingers, we put in baskets; sent them down the Asheulot to the Cherokee. Soon after, the Cherokee broke their treaty with the French. That's how we justified it. We were heroes."(There is no fort wilderness, fort Charles is actually a Port Royal, Kingston, Jamaica, Fort Ambercon never existed, and the Asheulot River is in New Hampshire. The real history is that the Indians began attacking British settlements in Blue Ridge 1760 which was in Virginia and Carolina which began the siege of Fort Loudoun, this ended in a British massacre when the British did not keep an agreement, and the South Carolina militia responded with a campaign which Francis Marion participated in, and they mainly destroyed Indian villages.)

By 3 pm the English fortifications, which incorporated the 47th foot and the first Marines, had arrived, and the English were prepared to walk Brigadier General Pigot's power, assembling quite recently south of Charlestown town, were taking setbacks from expert sharpshooter fire, and Howe approached Chief naval officer Graves for help with getting out the riflemen. Graves, who had anticipated such a plausibility, requested combustible shot discharged into the town, and afterward sent an arrival gathering to set shoot to the town. The smoke surging from Charlestown loaned a practically dreamlike background to the battling, as the breezes were with the end goal that the smoke was kept from the field of

The Bloody Sunday massacre unfolded on the 22nd January 1905. An unarmed, peaceful march in St. Petersburg, Russia to the Winter Palace was organized by Father Gapon. Approximately 200,000 workers gathered with pictures of their ‘Little Father’ the Tsar, singing the anthem God Save the Tsar all the way along. The problem that it was illegal to hold any demonstration against the Tsar’s authority had threatened the government to believe that it would became a riot and thus, ordered the Imperial Guard to stop and dismiss the protesters. As there were too many protesters that the limited soldiers could not control over, some started gunning down the demonstrators even if no physical threat was shown. Whether the soldiers was given an order to fire

Jonestown: The Life and Death of Peoples Temple, directed by Stanley Nelson, follows the story of the mass suicide, by over 900 people, this is known today as the Jonestown Massacre. Released in 2006, the documentary answers many of the questions and suspicions surrounding the veracity of claims made about the incident.

The Battle of Gettysburg was one of the most famous battles of the Civil War. The battle was fought from July 1 to July 3 near Gettysburg. The famous battle was between Robert Lee and his Northern Virginia Army and George Meade and the North's Army of the Potomac, The Union. The original leader of the Army of the Potomac was General Joseph Hooker, but President Lincoln relieved Hooker of his duties and named Meade the new General of the Army. Many soldiers died from both sides during this battle and that is the reason it is known as one of the bloodiest battles. The Battle of Gettysburg was General Robert Lee's second attempt at invading the North and there was a definite aftermath to this battle.

The violent officers chased them halfway back to the Brown Chapel. More than 90 innocent people were sent to the hospital shortly after.

On September 13th, 1592, Michel Eyquem Montaigne drew his last breath (Montaigne xxx). However, before his death Montaigne wrote philosophical texts using skepticism to deconstruct himself and his surroundings. His most famous publication, Essays, was circulated in 1580, analyzing thoughts and ideas that society took to be givens, or unarguable truths (Montaigne xxix). Montaigne believed that nothing is completely true, so people should self-reflect on social issues to discover one’s true opinion on them, asking, ‘Que scay-je’, which translates to ‘What do I know?” (Breines). With this method, they can test societal boundaries with reason to foster open-mindedness (Sankovitch). These ideas, which were unique for the time, were culminated through

The people of Jonestown were apart of a subculture because this group of people were shut out from the rest of the world, other communities, and people. They followed a person named Jim Jones. That was their leader. They looked up to him and did as he said they did not question him.

The Revolutionary War started in 1775. The American colonies have had enough of the British occupants and set their foot down in pursuit to freedom and independence. Each battle that happened during the Revolutionary War had its own significance and contributions to the independence of the colonies. Many brave men laid their lives in pursuit of the dream of independence from British control. One particular battle paved the way for that independence to become a reality. That battle is known as the Battle of Yorktown. The Battle of Yorktown took place in what we know today as Virginia. It was a decisive battle that turned the table during the Revolutionary War. The battle ultimately led to the liberty of the American Colonies from the

The Shejajya massacre was a massacre of innocent civilians. Amy Goodman from Democracy Now! said “His confidential sources within the IDF, the Israeli Defense Forces, reportedly informed him that the real reason for the recent IDF Shejaiya massacre was that IDF soldiers were deliberately targeting civilians as punishment and retribution for the deaths of fellow soldiers in their units.” (Democracy Now!, 2014) This shows how the massacre only involved innocent civilians who did not deserve to be harmed in any way. They were clearly just treated as what Nietszche would call the “slave class”. Civilians were not protected by anyone and they spent and are still spending a lot of time looking for their friends and family. Many citizens were separated

The battle at Yorktown, Virginia in 1781 is most famously known as the “ battle that ended the Revolutionary War.” While this is true, there is still much that can be learned from the principles applied, that still has relevance today. General George Washington, along with his allied French commanders, Lieutenant General Jean-Baptiste Ponton de Rochambeau and Rear Admiral Sir Thomas Graves, they exquisitely displayed how a execute siege operations. This battle also displayed a great example of how multinational operations can be successful.

Another circumstance leading to massacre was the warring factions of the Guise and the Huguenot leaders. Under the reign of Henry II rival noble factions were already buoying for power and control. This was enlarged under the weak rule of Francis II and Charles IX. The Guise controlled Paris; they were also backed by Rome and Spain. It was the Guise who initiated the religious wars with the Massacre at Vassy in 1562. After the murder of the duke of Guise in 1563 the religious wars saw retaliation lead to more retaliation, until both Catholics and Huguenots had ample reasons to continue the fighting as a blood feud. Catherine had ample reason to distrust both the powerful Guise and Huguenot factions, especially after Condè and Coligny attempted

Historical Idea: The Japanese were particularly brutal because they saw the Chinese as an inferior race.