Colonists being injured, killed, or merely living in fear of the Redcoats, general bloodshed everywhere: these are but a few results of the Boston Massacre. A failed rebellion in which only five of our fellow colonists were killed. You may think five is too small a number to take this as a definite defeat but will we just wait until more of our own have been murdered? If we had such a dramatic loss in something not even considered a battle, then imagine how many lives will be lost in a war. Even
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livid patriots reacted violently and began throwing snowballs and other objects at the British regulars. Private Hugh Montgomery was struck by one of these projectiles, raised his rifle, and fired the first shot of what came to be known as the Boston Massacre. The other soldiers soon followed and fired into the unarmed crowd. “When the smoke cleared, five colonist
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The battle of Nanking was a military conflict between the republic of China ( Chiang Kia-Shek ) and the Empire of Japan (Hirohito) during the Second-Sin Japanese War. Preceding to the invasion of Nanking the Japanese military fought a tough battle at Shanghai. The Shanghai battle began the summer of 1937 ending in fall of 1937. The long battle shattered the Japanese fantasies of easy victory, leaving the Imperial troops mood ugly and lusting for revenge. On November 26, 1937 the Japanese won the
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the muzzles of the men’s pieces, and must fall a sacrifice if they fired (91).” From his account, Thomas Peterson took the initative to surrender himself to the sheriff when hearing about warrants being issued upon him and his men for the Boston Massacre. Unlike most men Thomas Peterson refused to runaway from his faults, but instaed he chose to face them head on. His noble demeanor demonstrated his desire to avoid any further conflict or bloodshed between the colonist and British troops at any
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The Boston Massacre, also known as the “Incident on King Street,” occurred on March 5, 1770 in Boston, Massachusetts. Before the Boston Massacre occurred, colonists were irate due to the Townshend Acts which was created by the British that put tax on tea, glass, lead, paints, paper goods, and many other common items. These items would be made in Britain and the exported to the colonies; therefore, Britain decided to put a tariff on these items, which included a fee for exporting and trade. The colonists
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John Adams was defending the British soldiers in the trial. The trial lasted for 7 days with 80 witnesses testifying. Witnesses described the insults and objects that they were throwing at the soldiers. According to the video that we watched in class the first witness that was brought up was Mr. Goddard. He said that Captain Preston was standing behind his men and ordered them to fire. Goddard also mentioned that they were throwing snowball when the lawyer of the colonists asked what were they throwing
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Japanese soldiers stormed China and brutally murdered hundreds of thousands of people, including both soldiers and civilians in Nanking. Around 50,000 women were sexually assaulted, and kids were murdered as if they were not human beings. Once a capital of China, Nanking was left in ruins and the people were left in distraught. The reason why this happened was foolish and unnecessary. Following the bloodshed from the battle in Shanghai (Sino-Japanese war) the Japanese were passionate in wanting to
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Shockingly, what is often overlooked by Western society today, was that slightly more than a year prior to WWII (and the Holocaust), the Second Sino-Japanese war saw a horrifying episode of mass rape and murder. “The Rape of Nanking (or Nanjing)” happened over a period of six weeks, with the death toll estimates varying from as low as 40,000 to over 300,000 Chinese civilians/soldiers. Japanese soldiers tired from the war as well as “starved” of sexual interaction, preyed on and raped about 20,000
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There is a dilemma to what actually happened before and during the Boston Massacre. Many accounts explain their versions of what caused and occurred during the massacre. Almost all of them agree on a few things such as that there was tension between the colonists and the British soldiers, shots were fired, people allegedly heard the captain said fire, and that the fire alarm was sounded before the massacre. Part of the tension was because of the accounts that were shared with the King’s ministry
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Feb.02, 2001 Olaudah Equiano In 1745, Olaudah Equiano was born in a small village in Isseke,Nigeria. His father was one of the chiefs in the village. At age eleven Equiano and his sister were kidnapped by two men and a woman never to see his home or parents again. After being kidnapped he was hiked across part of Africa untill he arrived at the coast where he was loaded onto a slave ship. While crossing the Atlantic to Barbados onboard the slave ship he and his countrymen were subject to horrors
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