At the end of March 1770, just three weeks after the , a grand jury had indicted Captain Preston and his men as well as four civilians accused of having…
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The following is a transcript of the summation of John Adams in Rex v Wemms, The Soldiers Trial. Tuesday, NINE o’Clock, the Court met according to adjournment, and Mr.…
Since 1765 the people of Boston had been heading protests against British taxation, first against the Stamp Act and then in 1767 against the Townshend Acts. Citizens believed that Britain…
On March 5th, 1770 a fight between British soldiers and colonial residents broke near the Customs House in Boston, five colonial residents were shot and killed by British soldiers. Bostonians…