boston massacre, 1770

Fourteen-year-old Rachel Marsh, an indentured servant in the Boston household of John and Abigail Adams, is caught up in the colonists' unrest that eventually escalates into the massacre of March 5, 1770.

A brief history of the events surround the Boston Massacre in 1770, with details described from the perspective of a patriot apprentice, a British soldier, and a Boston servant.

Presents a version of the role Crispus Attucks played during the Boston Massacre and the Revolutionary War.

Describes the incidents leading up to the Boston Massacre, the event itself, the trial following it, and its importance in American history.

Introduces the life of Crispus Attucks, a former slave who died in the Boston Massacre, a fight between the British and American colonists that occurred before the American Revolution.