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Benjamin Franklin Grows Increasingly Alienated from the British Empire
Author: Benjamin Franklin Date:1770 Annotation: As late as 1775, Benjamin Franklin (1706-1790) was convinced that the issues dividing Britain and the…
John Dickinson Identifies the Colonial Cause with Virtue and the British with Corruption
Author: John Dickinson Date:1770 Annotation: The escalating conflict with Britain after 1763 forced the colonists to define their identity as well…
Captain Thomas Preston’s account of the Boston Massacre
Author: Thomas Preston Date:1770 Annotation: Captain Thomas Preston’s account of the Boston Massacre. Document: It is [a] matter of too great notoriety to…
Account of the Boston Massacre
Date:1770 Annotation: The leader of the British 29th regiment, Preston was defended by John Adams for his role in the massacre and was…
The Boston Massacre
Author: Deacon John Tudor Date:1770 Annotation: By the beginning of 1770 there were four thousand British soldiers in Boston, a seaport…
A Short Narrative of the Horrid Massacre in Boston
Date:1770 Annotation: An anonymous account of the Boston Massacre on the evening of March 5, 1770. Document: It may be a proper introduction to…