Episode 033: The Boston Massacre

American Revolution Podcast

Michael Troy

History, Education

4.8 • 1.1K Ratings

🗓️ 25 February 2018

⏱️ 22 minutes

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Summary

Over the winter of 1769-70, locals in Boston make life as uncomfortable as possible for the British Regulars occupying the city. Fights break out regularly. The local courts would not punish locals and the army would not punish soldiers for fighting. Street brawls become more frequent. A mob chases customs informer Ebenezer Richardson into his house and threatens his life. He fires into the crowd, killing a young boy. A few weeks later, a British soldier on guard at the Customs House strikes a boy for being insolent. A mob soon forms, threatening the soldier. Another squad of soldiers attempts to rescue the guard, but soon finds itself surrounded. The situation flies out of control and the soldiers fire on the crowd, killing five and wounding several others. For more text, pictures, maps, and sources, please visit my site at AmRevPodcast.Blogspot.com Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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0:32.0	Cheers and have a safe tomorrow. Hello and thank you for joining the American Revolution.
0:47.0	Today episode 33 the Boston Massacre.
0:53.0	Despite ongoing street riots in various colonies during 1768 and 69,
0:59.0	no one had been killed as a result.
1:01.0	In 1770, though though that would change. By the end of 1769
1:06.7	merchants began to waiver in their resolve of the non-importation agreements.
1:11.6	These were the agreements to protest the Townsend Acts that were passed back in 1767, which had been in place for
1:18.8	about two years now.
1:21.1	The agreements were hurting merchants in Britain, but they were also hurting the colonials.
1:25.0	Some merchants had always cheated, and some loyalists had refused to participate in the first place.
1:32.0	As a result, the cheats and the loyalists were benefiting at the
1:35.9	expense of Patriot merchants who had upheld the agreements. Eventually, more and more merchants
1:42.1	would have to give up their resolve and resume trade.
1:45.7	For the radicals, the only answer was to coerce the merchants into continuing the agreements.
1:51.5	Many of these agreements were due to expire at the end of 1769. Most
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