Boston Massacre‚ as included in Document 2. The Boston Massacre occurred on March 5‚ 1770‚ and it was widely used as propaganda in order to increase feelings of independence throughout the colonies. Eleven civilians were killed or wounded by British soldiers after they had been provoked and fired their guns on a crowd. The Sons of Liberty‚ and organization formed to protect the rights of the colonists and fight taxation by the British government‚ especially spread the word of the massacre throughout
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On March 5‚ 1770 shots fired out through the city‚ leaving five dead‚ more wounded‚ and soldiers that were charged of murder. This was called the Boston Massacre a huge turning point in the colonies. Although most people thought the soldiers were guilty I think they aren’t. I will prove from the testimony and eyewitness accounts that the soldiers should not be charged with murder and they acted only in self-defense. Although soldiers fired into the crowd I think they are still not guilty and acted
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Gardette-Le Prete Mansion is a large house built in Dauphine Street‚ New Orleans. It is more popularly called the Sultan Massacre House. As you can already guess‚ the house has seen gory‚ gruesome events in its lifetime. What happened there? What does a Sultan have to do with it? Originally built in 1836 by Joseph Gardette‚ it was later purchased by a wealthy man called Jean Baptiste LePrete. When the Civil War broke out‚ LePrete suddenly found himself in the middle of an economic crisis. What was
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Mysterious is the key word‚ as throughout the novel O’Brien plays with the fine line between ambiguity and reality. Kathy’s husband John Wade‚ the main character‚ is a Vietnam veteran and former politician whose participation in the infamous Mai Lai Massacre caused his fall from grace. Following a landslide defeat in the congressional elections‚ Kathy and John retreat to solitude in an isolated cabin in the Minnesota woods. Here‚ O’Brien highlights the stress that secrecy has had on their relationship
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August in 1572‚ St. Bartholomew’s Day‚ was the beginning of a massacre that would eliminate a number protestants that no one knows. The St Bartholomew’s Massacre was not an intention of the Royal Court‚ it was an outcome of their choices. This Massacre will lead to a religious war and a rise in tension between the protestant and Catholics in France. The Bartholomew’s Day Massacre was a very interesting and complex event‚ the Massacre was an attempt to end religious turmoil but instead prolonged it
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impacted many lives. This event is known as the Boston Massacre. The Boston Massacre was considered to be a street fight that took place when a mob started to throw snowballs‚ stones and sticks at a squad of British soldiers. In the end‚ five colonists resulted in death. This was caused by the developing tensions in the American colonies that had been growing ever since the Royal troops had first appeared. I believe that the Boston Massacre was an act of self-defense. I say this because‚ the British
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What led to the Myall creek massacre? In late 1837‚ 4 white men were killed. The acting governor‚ Lieutenant Colonel Snodgrass sent Major James Nunn to the district to suppress the “outrageous acts”. From there 40 recruited stockman and rode around district‚ attacking and killing any aboriginals they could find. Meanwhile at the Myall Creek station‚ when they had heard about the slaughtering in the district‚ around 45 aborigines had been camped for a few months. They were offered protection and
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investigations in the year following the incident led to the arrest of one officer who was released after only serving three and one half years under house arrest. How did it happen that a massacre of such a great scale ended with little to no repercussions for those involved? Who was really to blame for the massacre: the men on the ground or the higher ups? I believe
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The Katyn Wood Massacre (1940) remains a topic of interest as it questions the motives behind the hidden agenda of the USSR. The truth behind the massacre was hidden for more than fifty years‚ while the USSR upheld the guise that the Germans were responsible for the massacre. It is theorized that both the USA and Great Britain were aware of the massacre at the hands of the USSR‚ however‚ they protected the USSR as she was an allied force and they needed her aid. This poses the question of whether
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people were killed by police. This massacre occurred in Vigario Geral‚ one of the six hundred favelas in Rio de Janiero. It was as a result of four policemen being killed by local drug dealers‚ that this event came to be. To make matters worse‚ of the twenty one people that were killed‚ none were involved with drug trafficking. Two causes were the killings of the four policemen and the living conditions of the favela residents. Two consequences of the massacre were an increased sense of mistrust
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