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    making any brash decisions such as firing their weapons into the crowd. “They immediately surrounded the sentry posted there, and with clubs and other weapons threatened to execute their vengeance on him. (Preston)” The “massacre”, as coined by Paul Revere was actually a set plan by the colonists. They even rang bell towers to signify people that they should start coming to the

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    The Boston Massacre was an incident that took place on March 5, 1770 where the British Army killed five male civilians as well as injuring six others. The use of propaganda at the time led by patriots spurred hostility towards the British authority. The result of the hatred was great tension among the public as well as the death of some of the participants. Following the alarming incidence, Thomas Hutchinson, the acting governor committed himself to undertaking an inquiry, which reformed on the following

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    “On the evening of April 18, 1775, Revere was sent to Lexington to warn everyone that the British were coming.” According to the poem. The poem didn't have all the accurate information and didn't tell all the correct details. The title of the poem was, “Paul Revere and the american revolution.” by Ethel Ames. The other one was titled, “How accurate was longfellow's poem?” by Franklin Johnson. One way the poem was inaccurate was that in the poem it said that the lantern led the way that the British

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    Francois Hutteau's great search for Liberty Hello my French brothers and sisters! Dark times have befallen our precious land, and pure chaos has ensued. I write to the people in France in hopes of establishing a new land. A land that can be looked upon proudly with eyes of great virtue. In order to achieve our wildest dreams we must sort through the rubbish that has landed us here in the first place. How will we as a society react to the many things that have been dealt to the people of France

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    Robert Gross’ The Minutemen and Their World examines a town 's role in the events of the colonial revolution. Specifically that of Concord, Massachusetts in the years before, during and after the Revolution. Gross provides details about the inner workings of town politics, religion, and society for the period. He notes how town’s people’s rivalries and religious fissures occupied the townspeople through the prerevolutionary period. Gross details how Concord was largely absent from the pre-Revolutionary

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    It is often said that “pride comes before the fall”— yet, at the same time, with such a fall also comes an opportunity for one to rebound and “rise back up” again. In Esther Forbes’ novel Johnny Tremain, the titular young silversmith and main protagonist of the book clearly experiences this first-hand as he goes through major character development and improvement after starting off with several glaring flaws as the plot unfolds throughout the story. Forbes, the author, teaches this valuable lesson

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    Boston Massacre Happened

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    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

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    Also in the movie, they show that "Solomon shot first" during the battle of Lexington and Concord. But in real life, they don’t know where the first shot came from. But there are also many things that were both in the movie and textbook. One being "Paul Revere's ride", he was shown in the movie. And also explained in the

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    Dbq Boston Massacre

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    On March 5, 1770, five English colonists were killed in Boston, Massachusetts, by British soldiers. This day will forever be known as the Boston Massacre. It all started with a British sentry who was stationed in Boston. The sentry faced verbal harassment from colonists in the town. Eventually, the group grew larger, and the British sentry called in eight additional soldiers for backup. The large mob of colonists began to physically attack the colonists with clubs and other weapons, leading to the

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    Boston Massacre Dbq

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    On March 5, 1770...The Boston Massacre, known as the Incident on King Street by the British, was an incident on March 5, 1770, in which British Army soldiers shot and killed people while under attack by a lot of colonists. There was not a  massacre on March 5, 1770 in Boston because. According to the sources B,C and D say that the colonists had weapons and they were also attacking in the massacre. The evidence that supports my claims is that in documents B,C,D the colonists are clearly seen with

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