The Boston Massacre

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The Boston Massacre!

• By Heather Hancock
• Computers 8-7

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Menu!

• What were the reasons?
• Who was involved?
• The monument!
• What happened?
• Bibliography
• Bibliography cont
• Bibliography cont

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What were the reasons?

• This event happened at 800 pm. Two soldiers
  were beaten and wounded very badly. They broke
  in to the two meeting houses and the bells rang
  and all the towns people have realized that
  there is some thing wrong and some one is in
  trouble. They all ran out and they all started to
  beat other people. These past years they have
  been hearing more and more about this and all of
  them want to learn more

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Who was involved in the war?

• This event was on the evening of March 5, 1770.
  It was in Boston of Massachusetts. The people
  that were involved in this were 5 American
  colonists and British soldiers. All the soldiers
  that were there are Captain Thomas Preston,
  corporal William Wemms, James Hartigan, William
  McCauley, Hugh White, Mattew kilroy, William
  Warren. John Carrol, Hugh Montgomery for the
  British soldiers.

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The monument!

• This day there is a monument that stands in
  Boston of, memory. They did this so they can
  give a memory to all the people that died in the
  day f the massacre. In this event one of the
  American soldiers were Paul Revere and one of his
  buddies that were also in the massacre. Paul
  Revere believes was Christian and so were all his
  colonists. Paul Revere had a trouble time trying
  to get around Boston.

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What happened and when and where it took place!

• This event all started when a guard was in front
  of private Hugh white in Boston. A crowd of
  people started to harass the soldier so he called
  9 more soldiers in led by Captain Thomas Preston.
  Everyone started to throw snowballs at each
  other. After that some one called, FIRE and they
  didnt even knew who said it and so they all
  began shooting. 4 people died and on that day of
  the massacre. The 5th guy died 4 days later and 6
  other were wounded very badly.
• It took place at Hugh House and it was in
  massachusetts on march 5, 1770.

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Bibliography!

• URL http//earlyamerica.com/review/winter96/massa
  cre.html
• The web of the siteThe Boston massacre
• The web name The Boston massacre
• The day I looked at this site September 21, 2005
• URL http//www.sjchs-history.org/massacre.htmlm
• The web of the site The boston massacre of the
  trials
• The web name the boston massacre
• The day I looked at this site September 22, 2005
• URL http//odur.let.rug.nl/usa/D/1751-1775/bosto
  nmassacre/prest.htm
• The web name the boston massacre
• Web site boston massacre
• The day I looked at this site September 27, 2005

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Bibliography cont!

• URl http//collections.ic.gc.ca/blackloyalists/pi
  cs/paul_engraving.jpg
• Image name Paul revere
• The day I looked at this septemeber 27, 2005
• URL http//www.americanrevolution.com/BostonMassa
  cre2.jpg
• Image name The boston massacre
• The day I looked at this septemeber 27,2005
• URL http//www.hodgman.org/travel/genealogy-bosto
  n-1996/19960601-1-06-boston-massacre-tombstone.jpg
  
• Image name the memorial
• The day I looked at this site September 27, 2005

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Bibligraphy cont!

• URL http//cghs.dade.k12.fl.us/african-american/p
  recivil/boston_massacre.gif
• Image name Another pic of the Boston massacre
• URL http//www.lrna.org/img1/march5.jpg
• Image name the boston massacre 3 picture
• The day I looked at this site Septemeber 28,2005