BOSTON MASSACRE

By Lottie Marley

10/15/13

6th period

CAUSES OF WAR

Who- Britain

What- Murder of 5 colonists by armed British soldiers

When- March 1770

Where- near the customs house

IMAGES OF THE WAR

SUMMARY

This was when Crispus Attucks, the only African American killed,

was the first African American in history to stand up for freedom.

After the incident, after the soldiers were acquitted, Samuel Adams

denounced the shooting as a massacre. Later, this episode is often

used by colonial leaders to inflame anti-British feelings.