Explore why John Adams defended British soldiers in the Boston Massacre trials, set on Indigenous Massachusett homelands, and the paradox of colonial justice.
Tag: Native American colonial history
Boston Massacre
Boston Massacre (1770): causes, the five colonists killed, Crispus Attucks’s Native heritage, the trials, and Paul Revere’s engraving that fueled the Revolution.
Stamp Act – Fact, Reaction & Legacy
Explore the Stamp Act of 1765: its roots in the Seven Years’ War, its connection to Native diplomacy and Pontiac’s War, and its role in sparking the American Revolution.