who were the 5 colonists that died in the boston massacre 1770!?Www@QuestionHome@Com
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Best Answer - Chosen by Asker: Three Americans—ropemaker Samuel Gray, mariner James Caldwell, and an African American sailor named Crispus Attucks— died instantly!. Seventeen-year-old Samuel Maverick, struck by a ricocheting musket ball at the back of the crowd, died a few hours later, in the early morning of the next day!. Thirty-year-old Irish immigrant Patrick Carr died two weeks later!. http://www!.law!.umkc!.edu/faculty/projects!.!.!.Www@QuestionHome@Com "Their uneven bursts hit eleven men!. Three Americans—ropemaker Samuel Gray, mariner James Caldwell, and an African American sailor named Crispus Attucks— died instantly!. Seventeen-year-old Samuel Maverick, struck by a ricocheting musket ball at the back of the crowd, died a few hours later, in the early morning of the next day!. Thirty-year-old Irish immigrant Patrick Carr died two weeks later!." (wikipedia) but Crispus Attucks is indeed the most famous!.Www@QuestionHome@Com I hate how they call it a massacre it is not like half the population died!. I think they overemphasied it at the time to get the Britishes attention!. Im American so dont accuse me of not being American!.Www@QuestionHome@Com |