events that caused the colonists to get their freedom from the British crown one of which are the Boston Massacre which involved five colonists being killed by british soldiers. As well as The Boston Tea Party where colonists dumped 314 tea barrels into the harbor. And finally the singing of the Declaration of Independence proclaiming freedom once and for all. To begin with was the Boston Massacre‚ this was the event where five colonists were killed by English officers in front of the state house
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Virginia Tech Massacre On April 16th‚ 2007 on the campus of Virginia Tech in Blacksburg‚ Virginia‚ America’s deadliest random act of violence occurred. Seung-Hui Cho shot and killed thirty-two people and wounded 15 others. After the attacks he later shot and killed himself which makes the total amount of deaths thirty-three people. This massacre is the most deadly shooting by a single gunman in United States history. Students were getting ready to go to class just like any other day. However
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Sand creek massacre. He said it was unfair that the U.S. attacked them‚ when he thought they had good relations. Also that it was a bloody massacre that consisted mostly of women and children. Most of the men were out hunting when the U.S. troops attacked. His men weren’t prepared for a battle and were greatly outnumbered. He managed to escape and after the massacre returned to get his wife‚ who survived even after being shot 9 times. He moved down south and the Sand Creek massacre lead to the
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1:In the Boston (Bloody) Massacre‚ both Soldiers and Colonists were involved. It happened because some Rioters kept throwing rocks and ice balls at troops guarding a place called the “Boston Customs House”. The rioters kept calling the troops “Rascals” and “Bloody Backs”. They dared the troops to fire onto them‚ which was forbidden. After a bit‚ someone pushed a troop to the ground and the troops panicked and opened fire. 2:The first person to die‚ was a large black man named “Crispus Attucks”‚
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States was the Pontiac’s Rebellion school massacre which happened on July 26‚ 1764. In this school massacre‚ four Lenape American Indians entered the school‚ shoot and killed Enoch Brown‚ and killed nine or ten children. It is either nine or ten because the reports can be shifted and changed. Only three children survived. There have been worst serious cases where a shooting had managed to take the lives of a couple of people. The Virginia Tech Massacre which was on April 16‚ 2007 was one of the
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The events of March 5‚ 1770‚ dubbed as "The Boston Massacre"‚ was a tragedy in which 5 Bostonian civilians lost their lives at the hands of British Redcoats. Although the Redcoats‚ terribly at fault‚ shot into the masses‚ the rebellious Bostonians played a role in the shooting as well. Although they were quite justified in doing so‚ the townspeople of Boston severely over exaggerated the events of that day in order to gain public sympathy and pit more colonists against the British regime. Within
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Place and Time The Myall creek massacre happened near the Gwydir River‚ in the central New South Wales district of Namoi. It happened on the 10 June‚ 1838 at Myall creek. The Kamilaroi Nation The Weraerai tribe of the Kamilaroi nation were the tribe involved in this conflict. At the Myall creek station there were mainly older men‚ women because several days before the massacre‚ 10 of the most able-bodied men had gone to a station about 24 kilometres away‚ named Newtons on the big River‚ where they
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I was interested in the Boston Massacre and found many testimonies and other primary resources there. However‚ as I read through I was intrigued by a comment in my readings about Captain Thomas Preston’s “London Letter”. In Preston’s letter to London‚ he intended only Londoners to read it and when the article was later published in the Boston Gazette it added annoyance to the already frustrated public in Boston. I was now‚ intrigued and determined to find Captain Preston’s newspaper article. I
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outrageous. Plus we couldn’t have slaves‚ oh man this made me mad. My family lived in the U.S and they can’t even move here to be with my husband and I. Stephen F. Austin‚ an empresario and is father of Texas‚ was put to jail because they believed that his letters were an act of rebellion. He was put in jail for one and a half years‚ for writing a letter. This made my husband and I furious‚ in the end there was going to be a rebellion anyways. My husband’s friend went to Gonzales and fought there. In the
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When The Myall creek massacre happened on 10 June 1838. Why The Myall creek massacre took place because that aboriginals retaliated against the whites for taking their land‚ and the aboriginals killed the white’s livestock. The whites were annoyed so they would kill the aboriginals. Where The Myall creek massacre took place at Myall creek‚ northern NSW near Bingara. Results The result of the Myall creek massacre was that 28 aboriginals were killed in the massacre. 7 of the 12 people
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