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    demonstrated the rising tensions between Britain and the colonies‚ but stoked the revolutionary spark in America. The Boston Massacre was one of these pivotal events‚ occurring on March 5‚ 1770 when an altercation between British soldiers and Boston rebels resulted in the death of five Boston men. There is much controversy as to which party incited the violence‚ but ultimately the Boston Massacre was a result of the Bostonians’ desire to break away from British control‚ with the British soldiers only acting

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    events that caused the colonists to get their freedom from the British crown one of which are the Boston Massacre which involved five colonists being killed by british soldiers. As well as The Boston Tea Party where colonists dumped 314 tea barrels into the harbor. And finally the singing of the Declaration of Independence proclaiming freedom once and for all. To begin with was the Boston Massacre‚ this was the event where five colonists were killed by English officers in front of the state house

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    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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    My Lai massacre 1. Sources 33 and 34 do and don’t make to same point. Source 33 is about they are going to kill the idea of communism not just to kill people‚ but to kill the thinkers on communism. Source 34 is about how men were going to war but not the kill innocent people. It also talks about the idea of Nazi’s that they are not killing for the sake of killing‚ but killing to get something across. 2. I think that it took twelve months for people to do something about the massacre because

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    Sand creek massacre. He said it was unfair that the U.S. attacked them‚ when he thought they had good relations. Also that it was a bloody massacre that consisted mostly of women and children. Most of the men were out hunting when the U.S. troops attacked. His men weren’t prepared for a battle and were greatly outnumbered. He managed to escape and after the massacre returned to get his wife‚ who survived even after being shot 9 times. He moved down south and the Sand Creek massacre lead to the

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    1:In the Boston (Bloody) Massacre‚ both Soldiers and Colonists were involved. It happened because some Rioters kept throwing rocks and ice balls at troops guarding a place called the “Boston Customs House”. The rioters kept calling the troops “Rascals” and “Bloody Backs”. They dared the troops to fire onto them‚ which was forbidden. After a bit‚ someone pushed a troop to the ground and the troops panicked and opened fire. 2:The first person to die‚ was a large black man named “Crispus Attucks”‚

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    With tensions between the colonial townspeople and the higher class British soldiers sparking conflicts‚ the Boston Massacre was sure to happen at one point. As the most famous story goes‚ colonists threw snowballs at the soldiers‚ called them nasty names‚ and dared them to fire their bayonets. The Redcoats responded as so by readying their weapons and shooting bullets into the crowd. Five people were killed in this incident‚ including Crispus Attucks (the only African American that was killed.)

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    Left Knee Case Summary

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    Plan is for aquatic therapy. PT will be place on hold. Per the medical report dated 06/02/16‚ the patient presented for evaluation of her left knee. She has responded poorly to a cortisone injection. Based on the progress report dated 06/21/16‚ the patient complains of bilateral lower back and radiating left thigh pain. She also has left knee and ankle region pain and swelling. Pain is achy in character‚ mostly over the lumbar spine and left hip‚ and proximal portion of the left thigh. It

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    States was the Pontiac’s Rebellion school massacre which happened on July 26‚ 1764. In this school massacre‚ four Lenape American Indians entered the school‚ shoot and killed Enoch Brown‚ and killed nine or ten children. It is either nine or ten because the reports can be shifted and changed. Only three children survived. There have been worst serious cases where a shooting had managed to take the lives of a couple of people. The Virginia Tech Massacre which was on April 16‚ 2007 was one of the

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    The events of March 5‚ 1770‚ dubbed as "The Boston Massacre"‚ was a tragedy in which 5 Bostonian civilians lost their lives at the hands of British Redcoats. Although the Redcoats‚ terribly at fault‚ shot into the masses‚ the rebellious Bostonians played a role in the shooting as well. Although they were quite justified in doing so‚ the townspeople of Boston severely over exaggerated the events of that day in order to gain public sympathy and pit more colonists against the British regime. Within

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