Crispus Attucks and the Boston Massacre
10th Grade · Social Studies · 45 min
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Learning Objective
I can evaluate Crispus Attucks' role in the Boston Massacre.
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Crispus Attucks escaped enslavement in 1750 and worked on trading ships and whaling vessels for two decades.
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In 1770, tensions rose in Boston due to labor competition between colonists and British soldiers who were taking jobs, contributing to the events of the Boston Massacre.
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Crispus Attucks was killed during the Boston Massacre and became a symbol against oppression, later recognized by Martin Luther King Jr. as an influential figure in African-American history.
