Vocabulary - Gentry
Gentry:
A class of people in the eighteenth century who were newly wealthy and did not have social status.
A class of people in the eighteenth century who were newly wealthy and did not have social status.
The Boston Massacre
The Boston Massacre:
The
Boston Massacre, called the Incident on King Street by the British, was
an incident on March 5, 1770, in which British Army soldiers killed
five civilian men and injured six others. British troops had been
stationed in Boston, capital of the Province of Massachusetts Bay, since
1768 in order to protect and support crown-appointed colonial officials
attempting to enforce unpopular Parliamentary legislation.
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Vocabulary - Lexington
Lexington:
A town in northeastern Massachusetts. It was the scene of the first battle in the American Revolution.
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