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On March 5, 1770, British soldiers fired into a crowd in Boston which killed five people and injured eleven. This became known as the Boston Massacre. But do you know the whole story?
On this episode, we'll look at why the massacre even happened and the circumstances surrounding it, the famous lawyer who defended the soldiers during their trial, whether the soldiers were found guilty or not for killing colonists, and why Paul Revere's rendition of the Boston Massacre isn't all that accurate.
Learn more about the Boston Massacre:
bostonmassacre.net/index.html
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Boston_Massacre
youtube.com/watch?v=F2nzwbkj9TU
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On March 5, 1770, British soldiers fired into a crowd in Boston which killed five people and injured eleven. This became known as the Boston Massacre. But do you know the whole story?
On this episode, we'll look at why the massacre even happened and the circumstances surrounding it, the famous lawyer who defended the soldiers during their trial, whether the soldiers were found guilty or not for killing colonists, and why Paul Revere's rendition of the Boston Massacre isn't all that accurate.
Learn more about the Boston Massacre:
bostonmassacre.net/index.html
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Boston_Massacre
youtube.com/watch?v=F2nzwbkj9TU
US 101 on Facebook: facebook.com/usahistory101
US 101 on Twitter: twitter.com/usahistory101
US 101 on Instagram: instagram.com/usahistory101
