In this episode, I cover the Boston Massacre, the culmination of the violence that took place between 1768-1770 as a result of British occupation of Boston. Both Tory and patriot reactions are covered, and the stark contrast in testimony between multiple perspectives of the event are considered. I also cover the trial of the British soldiers, and the legal arguments in their favor brought about by John Adams, a young lawyer determined to vindicate Massachusetts’ legal system by defending the soldiers. I conclude by revealing how the event was commemorated and portrayed in the newspapers. Tellingly, the event spurred patriots in the other colonies to sympathize with the plight of New Englanders.

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Mercy Otis Warren, The Rise, Progress, and Termination of the American Revolution

James Bowdoin, Joseph Warren, and Samuel Pemberton, A Short Narrative of the Horrid Massacre

A Fair Account of the Late Unhappy Disturbance in Boston (a collection of depositions from eyewitnesses, collected by Governor Huthcinson)

Gordon Wood, Radicalism of the American Revolution

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