The Boston massacre /
Zobel, Hiller B.
The Boston massacre / by Hiller B. Zobel. - Collector's ed. - New York : W.W. Norton, 1996, 1970 - xi, 372 p. : ill. ; 22 cm.
Includes bibliographical references (p. [304]-357) and index.
His majesty's province of Massachusetts Bay -- Imperial prologue -- Violence over stamps -- Violence over customs duties -- The customs commissioners -- The Liberty riot -- "A most unequal war" -- Troops to Boston -- The occupation begins -- Trumpets of sedition -- Death before impressment -- Soldiers and the law -- Coffee house brawl -- King Street showdown : John Mein -- Seider the martyr -- The Boston Massacre -- Preparation and procrastination -- Rex v. Preston -- Rex v. Wemms et al. -- The flame subsides.
A history of the Boston Massacre, a prelude to the Revolutionary War that occurred on March 5, 1770 when British troops, stationed in the colony to discourage dissent, fired into a crowd of demonstrators, killing five colonists and resulting in the murder trials of several soldiers.
0393314839 (pbk.) 9780393314830 (pbk.)
Boston Massacre, 1770.
Massachusetts--History--Colonial period, ca. 1600-1775.
E215.4 / .Z6 1987
973.3/113
The Boston massacre / by Hiller B. Zobel. - Collector's ed. - New York : W.W. Norton, 1996, 1970 - xi, 372 p. : ill. ; 22 cm.
Includes bibliographical references (p. [304]-357) and index.
His majesty's province of Massachusetts Bay -- Imperial prologue -- Violence over stamps -- Violence over customs duties -- The customs commissioners -- The Liberty riot -- "A most unequal war" -- Troops to Boston -- The occupation begins -- Trumpets of sedition -- Death before impressment -- Soldiers and the law -- Coffee house brawl -- King Street showdown : John Mein -- Seider the martyr -- The Boston Massacre -- Preparation and procrastination -- Rex v. Preston -- Rex v. Wemms et al. -- The flame subsides.
A history of the Boston Massacre, a prelude to the Revolutionary War that occurred on March 5, 1770 when British troops, stationed in the colony to discourage dissent, fired into a crowd of demonstrators, killing five colonists and resulting in the murder trials of several soldiers.
0393314839 (pbk.) 9780393314830 (pbk.)
Boston Massacre, 1770.
Massachusetts--History--Colonial period, ca. 1600-1775.
E215.4 / .Z6 1987
973.3/113