. Hazen's elementary history of the United States; a story and a lesson. were laid. England called them rebels, and sent Gen-eral Gaire with two rei^iments of redcoats to Boston, wherethe people w^re forced to receive them into their homes andtake care of them. The citizens of Boston treated the soldiers as enemies. Theywere insulted on the streets, and Samuel Adams said theyought to be killed. On the morning of March 5, 1770, a boy shouted after anofficer across the street. A s(jldier struck the lad with hismusket. A crowd (juickly gathered and threatened the sol- THE BOSTON MASSACRE. -^o^ LE
. Hazen's elementary history of the United States; a story and a lesson. were laid. England called them rebels, and sent Gen-eral Gaire with two rei^iments of redcoats to Boston, wherethe people w^re forced to receive them into their homes andtake care of them. The citizens of Boston treated the soldiers as enemies. Theywere insulted on the streets, and Samuel Adams said theyought to be killed. On the morning of March 5, 1770, a boy shouted after anofficer across the street. A s(jldier struck the lad with hismusket. A crowd (juickly gathered and threatened the sol- THE BOSTON MASSACRE. -^o^ LESSON.—Their presence in Boston led to a riot. They fired on thepeople, killed two and wounded nine others. The Boston Massacregreatly excited the colonists. dier, wlio was joined by six comrades and an officer. Thebells began to ring, and people ran from all directions to thespot. Six more soldiers joined tlieir com[)anions and theybegan to retreat. The citizens pressed upon them and dared the soldiers toshoot. At last some one struck a soldier, who raised his srun. Tlie Boston Tea Party. and fired. His comrades did the same, and as the flashes oftheir guns lit up the gathering darkness, eleven men fell andtheir blood stained the snow around them. Samuel Gray, amulatto named Crispiis Attucks, and an unknown white man,were killed, and two of the wounded soon died. The news of the Boston Massacre caused great excitement 136 HAZENS ELEMENTARY HISTORY. LESSON. —England repealed all taxes except that on tea. Ships loadedwith tea were sent here. The Boston Tea Party threw^ into the harborthe tea sent to Boston. None w^as sold at Charleston, Philadelphia, orNew York. throughout tlie colonies. Ou the very day it occurred, Eng-land took off all taxes except that on tea, and made this sov^ery small that tea could be sold cheaper here than in the Americans said, AVe will not import any tea norbuy any wliile it is taxed. Tlie India Tea Company ofLondon sent some ships loade
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