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well-educated delegate from Massachusetts, faced many roadblocks leading up to the Revolution, most importantly, the Boston Massacre Trial. Adams risked his life by defending the British during the lengthy trial, as most of the colonist’s opinions plummeted when they learned he was defending those who killed their own. At the end of March, reaching a couple weeks since the bloody Boston Massacre, a grand jury brought Captain Preston and his men to plead them guilty for murdering the colonists. After searching

Research Question In what ways has the Nanking Massacre (1937-1938) been mythologized in history? Abstract Through an investigation of the existing accounts of the Nanking Massacre (1937-1938), this extended essay endeavours to address the research question: In what ways has the Nanking Massacre (1937-1938) been mythologized in history? By drawing upon the main arguments and framework that Paul Cohen developed in his book “History in Three Keys” in order to assess the Boxer Rebellion, this

colonists and the British soldiers erupted into fighting in an event known as the Boston Massacre. The Boston Massacre was a significant event in the American Independence movement. The source of the conflict with the British troops and the Bostonians was the Townshend Act in 1767, three years prior to the massacre. The primary sources in this collection of documents are of different accounts of the massacre: a pamphlet of the testimony of William Wyatt, an article from the Boston Gazette and Country

Which lead to shots being fired by the soldiers. In document A by Paul Revere it was titled “The Bloody Massacre”. In my opinion that was far from the truth, the Boston Massacre of 1770 was not a massacre because the colonists had weapons and attacked the British troops first. Also there was a every low loss of life which goes against the definition of a massacre, a massacre (insert massacre

It was March 5, 1770, the people of Boston were protesting out in front of the old state house. British soldiers patrolling King street, people hollering, this was the Boston Massacre. Soldiers were sent to Boston to maintain control over the colonist and they were not contented. A crowd has rapidly formed and they were tossing things such as, rock-filled snowballs, bricks, and stones while being insulted. Quoting from witnesses, ¨lobster backs¨, ¨red coats¨, cowards! And quoting Henry Knox, ¨For

What Really Happened at the Boston Massacre It was a cool night in Boston in early march. I was passing by the customs house while a group of boys began to yell and hollering at some British soldiers. As the boys continued the soldiers began to fluster, so much to the point that he strikes one of the boys with his rifle. And as soon as I can blink, I was in the middle of a crowd surrounding the soldier. As the crowd grew, more soldiers came to his side. The crowd started to get out of control so

The 1972 Munich olympics were more than just any olympics. They were the first time the olympics were held in germany since 1936 when hitler was still in power. This was a chance to eliminate the bad memories of that time. Everyone knew that these olympics would be memorable but no one could have expected what happened. I woke up the sound of a pounding on the door. I rolled over and looked at the alarm clock. It read 4:00am. Who could be here this early? I thought. “I’ll get it” groaned Coach Weinberg

How Could One Forgive Above in a place only some care to carry in their thoughts; a small, beautiful Chinese women Maja Melkisedek encountered a man who went by the name of Cacouli Shernou. “I’m Cacouli Shernou and you are?” “I’m Maja Melkisedek. What’s your story?’ “I was Japanese--” Cacouli began to speak politely and was interrupted by the footsteps of Maja walking away. Cacouli spoke wondering,” Was it something I said?” no response was from the face of Maja “Are you okay?” Cacouli was wondering

The main idea of this article is how the a Bostonain was agruing with a boy named Malcom about how Malcom rough handling a boy off the street. The mood of image was detrimed, They were detrimed to push the things down the boy throat, they didnt care about what they was doing to the boy they just wanted him to feel pain how the boy off the street felt. The image support the text becaue the image show the Bostantains , the boy, and how they was shoving the things down his throat. Also, the image shows

War affects people deeply. It affects them as individuals and it affects them as a people. The experience of war and the changes that happen are different but lives are never the same. Each film tries to describe this to those who haven’t personally experienced it. Where 12 O’clock High has a focus on the individual soldiers, City of Life and Death takes a wider view from combatant to civilian to foreigner. Early on war was depicted as glorified heroism. Before World War I, the Edwardian press “depicted