March 5 in American History
British soldiers fired into a jeering Boston crowd, killing five colonists — among them Crispus Attucks, a Black sailor often called the first to die for American independence. Paul Revere's engraving turned it into powerful propaganda. Remarkably, John Adams defended the soldiers in court, insisting even they deserved a fair trial.
In 1770: the Boston Massacre. British soldiers fired into a jeering Boston crowd, killing five colonists — among them Crispus Attucks, a Black sailor often called the first to die for American independence.
British soldiers fired into a jeering Boston crowd, killing five colonists — among them Crispus Attucks, a Black sailor often called the first to die for American independence. Paul Revere's engraving turned it into powerful propaganda. Remarkably, John Adams defended the soldiers in court, insisting even they deserved a fair trial.
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