The Boston massacre
A history of the Boston Massacre, a prelude to the Revolutionary War that occurred on March 5, 1770 when British troops, stationed in the colony to discourage dissent, fired into a crowd of demonstrators, killing five colonists and resulting in the murder trials of several soldiers.
| Main Author: | Zobel, Hiller B. |
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| Format: | Book |
| Language: | English |
| Published: |
New York :
W.W. Norton,
1996.
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| Physical Description: |
xi, 372 pages : illustrations ; 22 cm. |
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Table of Contents:
- His majesty's province of Massachusetts Bay
- Imperial prologue
- Violence over stamps
- Violence over customs duties
- The customs commissioners
- The Liberty riot
- "A most unequal war"
- Troops to Boston
- The occupation begins
- Trumpets of sedition
- Death before impressment
- Soldiers and the law
- Coffee house brawl
- King Street showdown : John Mein
- Seider the martyr
- The Boston Massacre
- Preparation and procrastination
- Rex v. Preston
- Rex v. Wemms et al.
- The flame subsides.