All posts tagged "Boston Massacre"
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8.4KMassachusettsThe Boston Massacre: John Adams Saves a Soldier’s Life
On March 5, 1770, Matthew Kilroy shot Samuel Gray to death during the Boston Massacre. Kilroy had fought with Gray earlier, and...
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8.5KCrime and ScandalBoston Riots Once Every 3 Years — for Centuries
Boston riots during the 18th century happened so often you could have called the town Riot City. Between 1700 and 1764, 28...
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Christopher Seider: The First Casualty in the American Revolutionary Cause
Christopher Seider was just 11 in 1770, a working boy in Boston at a time when the city was awash in the...
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