1770 newspaper w broadside extra THE BOSTON MASSACRE pre-Revolutionary War TAXES

Description: 1770 newspaper w broadside extra THE BOSTON MASSACRE pre-Revolutionary War TAXES Rare original 1770 Boston newspaper with a broadside ("Supplement") extra THE BOSTON MASSACRE pre-Revolutionary War BRITISH TAXES PROTESTED in the American colonies - inv # home Please visit our EBAY STORE for THOUSANDS MORE HISTORICAL NEWSPAPERS for SALE or at auction SEE PHOTO(s) - COMPLETE ORIGINAL 6-page NEWSPAPER (3 leafs including a single sheet "Supplement" Extra), the Boston Evening-Post (MA) including a Supplement "extra" dated July 23, 1770. This original newspaper contains several references to THE BOSTON MASSACRE as well as a long detailed report of the British North American colonies to the taxation without representation by Great Britain of the British American colonies.Very nice 1770 Boston, Massachusetts display newspaper with LOCAL coverage of the aftermath of the BOSTON MASSACRE, the boycott by the Americans of British tea over the tea taxation, the conflicting views over British taxes and taxation without representation of the American Colonies, and the British reaction to these events.Notably this issue contains a front page ad for a news book titled: "Just Published...A NARRATIVE of the Late Horrid MASSACRE in Boston, perpetrated in the Evening of the 5th of March 1770 by soldiers of the 29th Regiment; which with the 14th regiment were then quartered there..." This refers to THE BOSTON MASSACRE which acted as a propaganda catalyst to the acceleration of the movement leading to the American Revolution. This issue also contains a front page reference to the BOYCOTT on the IMPORTATION OF TEA by Americans (in protest of the British tax on imported tea). This issue also contains a single sheet broadside "supplement" (printed on both sides of a single sheet of paper) with several references to the Boston Massacre and including 18 points of contention between the American Colonies and the British Government ruling them. The Boston Massacre was a deadly riot that occurred on March 5, 1770, on King Street in Boston. It began as a street brawl between American colonists and a lone British soldier, but quickly escalated to a chaotic, bloody slaughter. The conflict energized anti-British sentiment and paved the way for the American Revolution.By the beginning of 1770, there were 4,000 British soldiers in Boston, a city with 15,000 inhabitants, and tensions were running high. On the evening of March 5, crowds of day laborers, apprentices, and merchant sailors began to pelt British soldiers with snowballs and rocks. A shot rang out, and then several soldiers fired their weapons. When it was over, five civilians lay dead or dying, including Crispus Attucks, an African American merchant sailor who had escaped from slavery more than twenty years earlier.Tensions ran high in Boston in early 1770. More than 2,000 British soldiers occupied the city of 16,000 colonists and tried to enforce Britain’s tax laws, like the Stamp Act and Townshend Acts. American colonists rebelled against the taxes they found repressive, rallying around the cry, “no taxation without representation.”Skirmishes between colonists and soldiers—and between patriot colonists and colonists loyal to Britain (loyalists)—were increasingly common. To protest taxes, patriots often vandalized stores selling British goods and intimidated store merchants and their customers.On February 22, 1770 a mob of patriots attacked a known loyalist’s store. Customs officer Ebenezer Richardson lived near the store and tried to break up the rock-pelting crowd by firing his gun through the window of his home. His gunfire struck and killed an 11-year-old boy named Christopher Seider and further enraged the patriots. Several days later, a fight broke out between local workers and British soldiers. It ended without serious bloodshed but helped set the stage for the bloody incident yet to come.On the frigid, snowy evening of March 5, 1770, Private Hugh White was the only soldier guarding the King’s money stored inside the Custom House on King Street. It wasn’t long before angry colonists joined him and insulted him and threatened violence. At some point, White fought back and struck a colonist with his bayonet. In retaliation, the colonists pelted him with snowballs, ice and stones. Bells started ringing throughout the town—usually a warning of fire—sending a mass of male colonists into the streets. As the assault on White continued, he eventually fell and called for reinforcements.In response to White’s plea and fearing mass riots and the loss of the King’s money, Captain Thomas Preston arrived on the scene with several soldiers and took up a defensive position in front of the Custom House.Worried that bloodshed was inevitable, some colonists reportedly pleaded with the soldiers to hold their fire as others dared them to shoot. Preston later reported a colonist told him the protestors planned to “carry off [White] from his post and probably murder him.”The violence escalated, and the colonists struck the soldiers with clubs and sticks. Reports differ of exactly what happened next, but after someone supposedly said the word “fire,” a soldier fired his gun, although it’s unclear if the discharge was intentional.Once the first shot rang out, other soldiers opened fire, killing five colonists–including Crispus Attucks, a local dockworker of mixed racial heritage–and wounding six. Among the other casualties of the Boston Massacre was Samuel Gray, a rope maker who was left with a hole the size of a fist in his head. Sailor James Caldwell was hit twice before dying, and Samuel Maverick and Patrick Carr were mortally wounded. Within hours, Preston and his soldiers were arrested and jailed and the propaganda machine was in full force on both sides of the conflict. Preston wrote his version of the events from his jail cell for publication, while Sons of Liberty leaders such as John Hancock and Samuel Adams incited colonists to keep fighting the British. As tensions rose, British troops retreated from Boston to Fort William.Paul Revere encouraged anti-British attitudes by etching a now-famous engraving depicting British soldiers callously murdering American colonists. It showed the British as the instigators though the colonists had started the fight.It also portrayed the soldiers as vicious men and the colonists as gentlemen. It was later determined that Revere had copied his engraving from one made by Boston artist Henry Pelham. Very good condition. This listing includes the complete entire original newspaper and its 2-page supplement, a total of 6 pages (3 leafs). STEPHEN A. GOLDMAN HISTORICAL NEWSPAPERS stands behind all of the items that we sell with a no questions asked, money back guarantee. Every item we sell is an original newspaper printed on the date indicated at the beginning of its description. 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