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Boston Massacre
Revolutionary wars in France, England, and the United States led to the incorporation of libertarian principles in the governments of each of these countries. Among these principles was the idea that people should have a voice in their country’s government. Before any of these principles could be written into the constitutions of these countries, however, each was ravaged by terrible wars. The Boston Massacre, as depicted in this print, was one of the smaller battles in the American Revolution. The event was not actually a massacre, but a street fight between a mob and a squad of British soldiers that ended with the death of five colonists.
Hulton Deutsch
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Boston Massacre; American Revolution; Revere, Paul; Boston; Civil Rights and Civil Liberties; Declaration of Independence; United States (History)
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