The Boston Massacre- March‚ 5‚ 1770 Part One: Document | Author | Date | Purpose | Biases | The Legal Papers of John Adams‚ No. 64‚ Rex v Wemms | John Adams | 1755-1784 | To record what he heard and saw during the trial and how he defended for the British soldiers. | Despite the fact that most eyewitnesses’ testimonies denounced Captain Thomas Pretson ordering his men to fire upon the citizens‚ he believed these people were biased and words aren’t 100% reliable. | Anonymous account of the Boston
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The Nanking Massacre The Rape of Nanking was a tragic time in Chinese history. This event will never be forgotten by the people in the once capital of China. An estimated 300‚000 innocent people were killed in a matter of months. The Japanese have never apologized for the disturbing event and to this day the Japanese deny that the massacre ever took place. The Rape of Nanking will never be forgotten for this city has been scared with tragedy since this gruesome massacre. Is this Massacre actually Genocide
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The May li massacre was a terrible circumstance and an event that happened March 16th 1968 during the Vietnam War‚ in which American soldiers rape‚ pillage and killed unarmed Vietnamese civilians in a small village‚ the result was worldwide outrage. As the three companies (Charlie Company)‚ led by Lieutenant Calley entered the village and started firing at the villagers that included women‚ children and elderly as well as raping the young women‚ LT Calley himself put a enormous amount of villagers
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The Boston Massacre‚ was the first bloodshed between the British and the American colonists‚ which ultimately lead to war between the two. Here‚ I will discuss the events leading up to the Massacre‚ which the hostilities of the colonial people will be discussed. I believe that the British troops fired the first shot‚ but were ultimately lead to this point through the colonists antagonization. I have broken this paper down into two main pieces. The first will be the events that lead to the Boston
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Boston‚ Massachusetts‚ a mob of our patriotic colonists gathered around a British officer to confront him. The awful lad responded with violence! This fatal incident was caused by an uproar between our patriots and these British officers. This lethal massacre concluded with seven colonists dead‚ killing three on the spot. British Captain Thomas Preston‚ the commanding officer at the Customs House‚ ordered his men to fix their bayonets and join the guard outside the building! An object hit Private Hugh
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Analytical Essay The Boston Massacre is one of the most controversial events in American history that occurred in Boston before the American Revolution. Certainly‚ it has a fundamental role in the development of America as a nation‚ which led it to have a huge motivation for revolution. A heavy British military presence and having very high taxes in the country were some of the main reasons that made Boston citizens very irritated. Thus‚ there were already many disagreements and tensions between
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During dehumanization‚ Chinese Military members as well as women were intentionally killed and rape. “During the massacre over 20‚000 women were raped by the Japanese soldiers during the six weeks of the Nanking Massacre. Most were brutally killed afterwards. The Japanese soldiers even raped girls less than 10 years old and women over 70 as well as pregnant women and nuns. The soldiers even forced incents on families. Anyone who resisted any of these were killed immediately” (Viklund). Furthermore
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My research question is: ‘’What Was the Main Cause of the Nanking Massacre?’’ In this project‚ I will be investigating the different potential causes of the Nanking Massacre. I will then evaluate my sources and then come to a conclusion in which I will state the main cause for this treacherous act. I will consider the roots of the cause‚ and also the effect that it has had. I will look at the way that it has tied in with the massacre itself‚ and I will explore further about the ways that it has affected
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The Boston Massacre: What Really Happened? We all know the story of the Boston Massacre; British troops fired into a group of colonists and killed five people‚ deeming it the start of the American Revolution. However‚ the story most people are not aware of are the reason behind the shooting and the events that led up to what is now known as the “massacre”. This topic is one of the most controversial moments in the American Revolution. Why were shots fired? Better yet‚ why were there weapons drawn
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My Lai Massacre In March of 1968 Lieutenant William Calley entered an area termed "Pinkville" by army officials because "it was particularly troublesome and seemed to be infested with booby traps and enemy soldiers ". After penetrating the area‚ Calley commenced to round up every person he could see‚ civilian or not‚ and unload his machine gun on them. Then Calley ordered his platoon to do the same‚ no one was spared‚ women were raped and children were shot. Some men followed Calley ’s orders
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