American Revolution Vocabulary by Mrs. Foote https://padlet.com/elsa_foote/1y3pcth8n1rr en-us 2017-02-27 18:51:33 UTC 2025-10-03 07:37:06 UTC hello@padlet.com The Boston Massacre elsa_foote https://padlet.com/elsa_foote/1y3pcth8n1rr/wish/156523407 Definition: An event that occurred on March 5th, 1770, in which 5 American Patriots were killed by several British Redcoats. The Redcoats fired into a crowd of people who didn’t have any guns in the streets of Boston.  Crispus Attucks, an African American and Native American, is considered  by many the first person to die for America’s freedom.

Question: WHY did the Redcoats fire into the crowd of people if the people in the crowd didn’t have any guns?

Picture Source:
Revere, Paul. The Bloody Massacre. 1770. Engraving. Boston.
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