The Boston massacre / by Hiller B. Zobel.

By: Material type: TextTextPublication details: New York : W.W. Norton, 1996, 1970Edition: Collector's edDescription: xi, 372 p. : ill. ; 22 cmISBN:
  • 0393314839 (pbk.)
  • 9780393314830 (pbk.)
Subject(s): DDC classification:
  • 973.3/113 20
LOC classification:
  • E215.4 .Z6 1987
Contents:
Summary: 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.
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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.

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