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Weekly History
Challenge
This weeks prize are two
bags of "Boca
Java Gourmet Coffee" (Boca Sunrise and Brew of Bravery)
On March 5th, 1770 tensions between the
Bostonians and the redcoats heightened when a mob of seventy or so
workers from the shipyards went to the Custom House to protest the
soldiers presences. The British soldiers were there to enforce
unpopular taxation measures passed by a British parliament that
lacked American representation, and when off duty they were taking
away many of the Bostonians jobs. The altercation started off as a
shouting match, but quickly became deadly when a snowball hit a
British private who responded by firing his weapon, which then other
British soldiers started to fire. When the smoke cleared, five
colonists were dead or dying and three more were injured. Sam Adams,
lost no time in labeling this "The Boston Massacre" and Paul Revere
made an engraving of the incident which was distributed throughout
the colonies.
The British soldiers were put on trial, and this man agreed to
defend the soldiers in a show of support of the colonial justice
system. When the trial ended in December 1770, two British soldiers
were found guilty of manslaughter and had their thumbs branded with
an "M" for murder as punishment. Name the
attorney who defended the soldiers during the trial.
Submit Answer Here!!!
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