He depicted the situation in a way that would please them and make it look as if the British Troops murdered these innocent bystanders. This entry was posted on February 7, at am and is filed under Uncategorized. You can follow any responses to this entry through the RSS 2. You can leave a response , or trackback from your own site. Most people usually say the opposite of what you are saying, but it is good to read a different point of view for a change.
When I was younger in school learning about Paul Revere I remember the text books saying good things about Revere, so I have never thought the way you are and it is a nice change.. The facts are that we really do not know what went on back then, we have to go by paintings, and things that were written down, so it is sometimes hard to believe if what we are reading or looking at is actually depicting the truth.
Obviously it will be more believeable for people to look back at things that went on during our era, because we have more truthful forms of documenting through technology that has evolved over the years, such as actually photographs and video footage, but I do think that you make a very good point. From what I learned over the years of reading and studying it was not the accuracy of the time or the correctness of the events that is all that important but the idea of being oppressed by the British and doing something about it.
Revere used that engraving as a symbol of of what must be done and the sacrifices in taking up a challenge of this magnitude. Subscribe for fascinating stories connecting the past to the present. Tensions had been building for many years between residents of the 13 American colonies and the British authorities, particularly in Massachusetts. On the night From April to March , in the opening stage of the American Revolutionary War , colonial militiamen, who later became part of the Continental army, successfully laid siege to British-held Boston, Massachusetts.
The siege included the June Battle of Bunker Trouble had been brewing in Boston for some time. The city was considered the beating heart of the Patriot cause, and its residents had organized spirited and occasionally violent resistance to British tax policies. Skirmishes between British troops and colonial He was a gifted orator and major figure in the American Revolution. His rousing speeches—which included a speech to the Virginia legislature in which he famously declared, As a political activist and state legislator, he spoke out against British efforts to tax the colonists, and pressured merchants to boycott British products.
He also American Revolution leader John Hancock was a signer of the Declaration of Independence in and a governor of Massachusetts. The colonial Massachusetts native was raised by his uncle, a wealthy Boston merchant.
When his uncle died, Hancock inherited his lucrative He gave the local militia a key advantage during the Battles Live TV. This Day In History. History Vault. Prelude to the Boston Massacre Tensions ran high in Boston in early Recommended for you. Boston Massacre. Boston Massacre Sparks a Revolution.
The colonies decided to boycott British goods. New importation by the colonists resulted in the repeal of all the Townshend duties, expect the one on tea. With such a lack of colonial cooperation and outright commercial defiance on the part of the colonists, England sent two regiments of infantry, the 14th and 29th, to Boston, the hotbed of rebellion.
The Redcoats, foreigners, lobsters or bloody-backs arrived in October The citizens of Boston refused to guarantee or supply the troops. Two more regiments would arrive in later months and were also refused support. A noticeable hostility to the British troops brought on tensions in Boston. In a short time, the Redcoats in Boston would number 1, There were black troops stationed in Boston and Bostonians who had black servants feared the free movement of the black soldiers.
The British officers allowed their soldiers to take extra jobs in their off-duty hours, thus competing with local laborers. British soldiers patronized local prostitutes, offending the more religious citizens. On Sundays, British soldiers would race their horses on Boston Commons and play their military marches outside church doors. When British soldiers went to local taverns to drink, there were nightly brawls. As tensions heightened in Boston, violence reared its ugly head.
On Feb. Richardson was thought to be an English informer in Boston. Richardson and family were inside the home as the crowd threw eggs, fruit peelings, sticks and stones. Richardson loaded his musket with bird pellets and fired into the crowd. An year-old boy, Christopher Seider, fell to the ground with 11 pellets in his chest and abdomen. He died that evening. The crowd cornered Richardson and he surrendered and would be charged with murder.
Walker, after being beaten badly, got away and returned to the ropewalk with some fellow soldiers. Both groups fought with clubs and the British soldiers were driven away. On March 3, , three Redcoats came back to the ropewalk and fighting broke out again and the soldiers were repulsed.
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