1. Boston Massacre a. The Boston Massacre took place on March 5, 1770 in Boston. The Boston Massacre became a historical event because it was the start of a revolution. It all began when the British soldiers came into Boston and fired shots at the colonists for making a crowd and going against the soldiers. The British soldier that was in charge at the time was named Captain Thomas Preston and he and his 8 men were all arrested for the shooting. Before this happened the colonists still had hatred towards the British soldiers for pushing the Townshend Acts towards the colonists. History.com Staff. “Boston Massacre.” History.com, A&E Television Networks, 2009, www.history.com/topics/american-revolution/boston-massacre. 2. Christopher Columbus …show more content…
The Great Awakening was an event that took place in the 1730s and it was particularly in New England. It all began with Jonatan Edwards a Yale minister who was not going to switch over to the Church of England. He was concerned that the New Englanders were forgetting about their religious principles and instead were too focused on wealth and ways of income. He started to preach and yell his thought and people came in large groups to listen. The effects of the Great Awakening were important. It prepared America for the War of Independence. It showed that people should not be afraid to shy away from their religious beliefs. If the churches were not living up to expectations or what the people believed in anymore, they can move on and form new religious …show more content…
Life for women in the colonial society was determined by their wealth, religion, and statues. Most of the things were similar for the women, they would have to run the house and or farm, raise the children, and maintain. Woman were married in their early twenties and would have large numbers of children. Around eight children were normal but due to sickness and other things, up to five or so of the children would have been dead before reaching their teens. Men held their normal ego and expectations of themselves but woman were looked at differently, unlike Europe where they were the weaker of the two sex. Woman in colonial America were short in number and therefor highly valued. Living conditions for them were not great as well. There was no heat, no running water, they had no toilets, and lighting was dim. If they wanted to go somewhere it was rough because there were no roads. Living conditions were generally dirty and therefor sickness was a normal thing. The woman did not have many rights as well. They did not have the right to vote, the right to hold a job in a public office, or serve on juries. However, they could make a will, buy or sell property, and they could
Women were seen as weaker so they took care of children, livestock, and the house, and they mostly could not vote or own property. The colonists strongly valued their right to freedom. This was because they weren’t controlled by a monarchical, oligarchical, or tyrannical government like the governments in Europe at the time. The colonists also enjoyed rights such as the right to trial by jury, to free elections, to own property, and the freedom of belief or conscience.
In 1770, there were 4,000 red coats roaming the streets of Boston. As a result of the Great Awakening in the 1730s-40s, the highly spiritual colonists had a strong dislike for the bad behavior of the red coats. This caused what is known as the Boston Massacre. The Boston Massacre was the first extremely violent encounter between the British and the colonists with shots fired from the red coats. Oddly enough, this resulted in a period of calm.
First of all, the Boston Massacre occurred on March 5th, 1770. An out of control and snowballing crowd caused British soldiers to support an overwhelmed post. These soldiers took matters into their own hands and opened fire on the colonists. Therefore, three colonists immediately
The Great Awakening was a spiritual event that swept the American Colonies. It was important how it prepared America for its War of Independence. During the awakening, the Colonists realized that religious power was in their own hands, not the Church of England, or any other religious authority. There were many effects from the great awakening, such as: faith in the Protestant religion was revived, Christianity was brought to African slaves, and a great increase in the interest of religion.
For women in the Southern Colonies had very few legal rights such as not being able to vote or preach. Most women had difficult jobs most of the women 's jobs were being homemakers. Life for the women were hard and unforgiving. Life for the colonial women had to work on farms.
The life women in the American colonies was treacherous, yet rewarding. There was so much death and sickness around at the beginning of the new world it is a wonder anyone survived. Had it not been for the nurturing and healing offered by women, this country may have never gotten itself off the ground. Women took care of the home, and the family and this remained the main focal point of the American colonial women. Although women’s lives changed exponentially over the century and a half, especially during the market revolution and the second great awakening, the true belief of what a woman was remained unchanged.
Women in the 1600s to the 1800s were very harshly treated. They were seen as objects rather than people. They were stay-at-home women because people didn’t trust them to hold jobs. They were seen as little or weak. Women living in this time period had to have their fathers choose their husbands.
“John Adams, Robert Auchmuty Jr., and Josiah Quincy Jr. are retained to defend Preston and his men,” 2 in a trial where they were found guilty. The events of the riot where utilized as a justification for the colonists to launch the War for Independence. The first perspective that was generated regarding the events of the Boston Massacre was that the British soldiers purposely attacked the colonists. With the oppression of the colonists being part of a concerted effort by the British to receive taxes.
The soldiers were in the wrong for firing upon citizens and killing a few innocent bystanders, but the citizens were in the wrong for causing a riot and attacking the soldiers with sticks, stones, and snowballs. Eric Hinderaker puts it this way, “the shootings triggered a war of words in which truth was the first casualty” (Smith). The reason the Boston Massacre was labeled a massacre is because the first publications of newspaper labeled the altercation a massacre and blaming the British. Samual Adams and Paul Revere used these publications to put a negative shadow on the Coy 3 British and make it look like the British planned the attack. After the dust settled, they
In this event, the British soldiers clearly felt threatened and the colonists were instigating trying to pick a fight with them. Another reason that proves that the British are innocent is that Captain Preston was standing in front of his soldiers. In addition, there was a misfire which led to the start of the soldiers to shoot. They also fired because they believed that Captain
According to Captain Thomas Preston in Document B, “On this, a general attack was made on the men by a great number of heavy clubs and snowballs being thrown at them.” This quote is a statement from the commander of the British squad on King Street, Boston. He explained that the colonists had been dangering the lives of the guards on duty. Since the purpose of the soldiers was to protect crown officials, the attack on the soldiers was an attempt to get past them and harm crown officials, which warrants their firing even if nobody gave an order. This evidence supports the colonists being responsible for the Boston Massacre because the British soldiers had a valid reason to shoot a colonist who is a threat to a British crown official or a British soldier, and colonists chucking heavy clubs and snowballs at soldiers were viewed as dangers to both the soldiers and the crown
If the following events didn’t take place we wouldn’t have America. In my opinion the Boston Massacre was one of the very main causes to why the Road to Revolution took place. The reason I believe this was an important cause because it was, “ the first episode which resulted in the loss of life.” It is stated that, “Four Bostonians were killed when Redcoats fired into an angry mob.”
He organized the United States’ first lending library and volunteer fire department. The Boston Massacre was a street fight that occurred on March 5 1770. There was a patriot mob who were throwing snowballs, stones, and sticks at British soldiers. Several colonists were killed and this led to a campaign by speech-writers to rouse the ire of the citizens.
The Boston Massacre is an event most Americans and British students learn about over the course of their education. In America, we learn that British soldiers fired upon innocent civilians, although this may not have been the case. British historians have referred to the Boston Massacre as the "Incident on King Street". After looking over the "Captain Thomas Preston 's Account of the Boston Massacre", as well as "Boston Massacre Trial Depositions" I believe that American historians should refer to the "Boston Massacre" as the "Incident on King Street". The definition of a massacre refers to an unnecessary and random killing of a large number of individuals.
In fact, the men outnumbered the women so almost every woman was assured of getting a marriage proposal. All of these show that women in colonial life had a lot of work on their hands, with such large families. Out of many aspects of colonial life, colonial families were definitely very