{"data":{"description":"Boston Massacre Images: Paul Revere's Famous Color Print Publicizing The Boston Massacre, After the Massacre, Five Dead Three Wounded and more.","title":"Events: Boston Massacre Images","post_type":"page","content":"\u003ch2 style=\"color: #ad8431;\"\u003eThe Boston Massacre\u003c/h2\u003e\r\n\u003cp style=\"color: #000000;\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eCaptain Preston\u003c/strong\u003e, the officer of the day, sent out eight soldiers with unloaded muskets with ball cartridges. As the detachment approached, the citizens hurled snow and ice at them, shouting insults. The soldiers, seeing that a fight was imminent, began loading their guns. Capt. Preston begged the mob to refrain but his appeal was in vain.\u003c/p\u003e\r\n\u003cstrong\u003eIn the mid 1700’s\u003c/strong\u003e opposition to taxation without representation brought the colonies to the point of open resistance. On March 5, 1770 a boy, pointing to a British officer walking along the street, called out that he was too mean to pay his barber for cutting his hair. A sentinel standing near the Customs House overheard the insult and knocked the boy down with the butt of his musket. The boy yelled for help which quickly attracted a crowd to the spot. An alarm bell was rung and the excitement spread. The boy pointed out the soldier who had struck him, and the crowd began pelting the soldier with snowballs and lumps of ice. The soldier raised his musket but the weapon misfired. The crowd rushed at him and he ran to the Customs House nearby.\r\n\u003cp style=\"color: #000000;\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eCrispus Attucks\u003c/strong\u003e, a Nantucket Indian sailor, aimed a blow at Preston’s head with his club. The club missed its target, instead striking a soldier’s musket which fell to the ground. Both Attucks and the soldier wrestled violently for the musket. The soldier twisted the weapon from the hands of Attucks and shot him dead. At that point a half-dozen soldiers fired their guns into the crowd.\u003c/p\u003e\r\n\u003cp style=\"color: #000000;\"\u003eAs the frightened mob scattered, eight men were on the ground, while three others were slightly hurt. Three were dead. Of the five remaining, two were mortally wounded.\u003c/p\u003e\r\n\u003cp style=\"color: #000000;\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eNews of the tragedy\u003c/strong\u003e spread like wild fire from one end of Boston to the other. Alarm bells were ringing, drums beating, and men swarmed to the scene. Capt. Preston and eight soldiers were arrested, and the next day were charged with murder. That autumn the accused stood trial before a court in Boston. Capt. Preston and six of the soldiers were declared not guilty. The others were convicted of manslaughter, branded with a hot iron on the hand in open court, and discharged.\u003c/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003ch2 style=\"color: #ad8431;\"\u003eBoston Massacre Images\u003c/h2\u003e\r\n\u003cdiv class=\"clickon\" style=\"font-weight: bold; color: #000000;\"\u003eClick any of the images below for a larger view.\u003c/div\u003e\r\n\u003cdiv class=\"clickon\" style=\"font-weight: bold; color: #000000;\"\u003e\r\n\u003ctable class=\"size-full wp-image-4818\" style=\"height: 389px;\" width=\"612\"\u003e\r\n\u003ctbody\u003e\r\n\u003ctr\u003e\r\n\u003ctd\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003ca href=\"/earlyamerica/early-america-review/volume-3/rare-portrait-benedict-arnold-john-andre/arnold-andre\"\u003e\u003cimg class=\"wp-image-4814 size-full\" src=\"/images/earlyamerica/Arnold-Andre.jpg\" alt=\"Benedict Arnold Meets With Major John Andre \" width=\"180\" height=\"143\" /\u003e\u003c/a\u003e\u003cp\u003e \u003cspan style=\"color: #990000;\"\u003eBenedict Arnold Meets With Major John Andre To Betray Americans — 1780\u003c/span\u003e\u003c/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003ca href=\"/earlyamerica/bostonmassacre2\"\u003e\u003cimg class=\"wp-image-4817 size-full\" src=\"/images/earlyamerica/BostonMassacre2.jpg\" alt=\"Boston Massacre\" width=\"180\" height=\"143\" /\u003e\u003c/a\u003e\u003cp\u003e \u003cspan style=\"color: #990000;\"\u003eAfter the Massacre, Five Dead Three Wounded\u003c/span\u003e\u003c/p\u003e\u003c/td\u003e\r\n\u003ctd\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003ca href=\"/earlyamerica/BetsyRossColor\"\u003e\u003cimg class=\"wp-image-4815 size-full\" src=\"/images/earlyamerica/BetsyRossColor.jpg\" alt=\"Betsy Ross\" width=\"180\" height=\"143\" /\u003e\u003c/a\u003e\u003cp\u003e \u003cspan style=\"color: #990000;\"\u003eBetsy Ross Making the First Stars-and-Stripes American Flag\u003c/span\u003e\u003c/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cdl id=\"attachment_4818\" class=\"wp-caption alignleft\" style=\"width: 190px;\"\u003e\u003cdt class=\"wp-caption-dt\"\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003ca href=\"/earlyamerica/CallToArms\"\u003e\u003cimg class=\"wp-image-4818 size-full\" src=\"/images/earlyamerica/CallToArms.jpg\" alt=\"Paul Revere Call To Arms\" width=\"180\" height=\"143\" /\u003e\u003c/a\u003e\u003cp\u003e \u003cspan style=\"color: #990000;\"\u003ePaul Revere Warns Patriots In His Historic Call To Arms\u003c/span\u003e\u003c/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003c/dt\u003e\u003c/dl\u003e\u003c/td\u003e\r\n\u003ctd\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003ca href=\"/earlyamerica/BostonMassacre1\"\u003e\u003cimg class=\"wp-image-4816 size-full\" src=\"/images/earlyamerica/BostonMassacre1.jpg\" alt=\"BostonMassacre1\" width=\"180\" height=\"143\" /\u003e\u003c/a\u003e\u003cp\u003e \u003cspan style=\"color: #990000;\"\u003ePaul Revere's Famous Color Print Publicizing The Boston Massacre\u003c/span\u003e\u003c/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003ca href=\"/earlyamerica/Constitution\"\u003e\u003cimg class=\"wp-image-4819 size-full\" src=\"/images/earlyamerica/Constitution.jpg\" alt=\"Constitution\" width=\"180\" height=\"143\" /\u003e\u003c/a\u003e\u003cp\u003e \u003cspan style=\"color: #990000;\"\u003eGeorge Washington Presides Over The Signing of The Constitution In September of 1788. 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