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 * Knoxville,TN
 * PSTCC student

'''Phase Two

Article: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Boston_Massacre I added a citation to this line, "The Boston Massacre was a confrontation on March 5, 1770, in which British soldiers shot and killed several people while being harassed by a mob in Boston" (Wiki article on Boston Massacre). I found similar information from this resource on the library database: Boston Massacre. (2018). The Hutchinson Unabridged Encyclopedia with Atlas and Weather Guide, The Hutchinson Unabridged Encyclopedia with Atlas and Weather Guide, 2018. The exact quote from the article I cited above states, "Clash between British soldiers and American workers, 5 March 1770, in Boston, Massachusetts, that left five Americans dead" (Hutchinson Unabridged Encyclopedia).

Phase Three

“Attucks, Crispus.” Encyclopedia Britannica Online, 2020, pp. Encyclopedia Britannica Online, 2020–07-02 http://www.oxfordartonline.com/ ' This article focuses on the life of Crispus Attucks. It is mentioned that Attucks played a role in the Boston Massacre and that is described more in depth in the article. Crispus Attucks was formerly a slave, then an American hero as mentioned in the article.

Kachun, Mitchell A. “From Forgotten Founder to Indispensable Icon: Crispus Attucks, Black Citizenship, and Collective Memory, 1770–1865.” Journal of the Early Republic, vol. 29, no. 2, 2009, pp. 249–286. www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/<path This article tells the story and signifies the importance of Crispus Attucks. It is mentioned that Attucks was important to the Boston Massacre, and he later was known as a hero. Attucks was a person of color, and he was a patriot, citizen, put in time for military service, etc.

'''Phase Four

Fact one paragraph: “All that is definitely known about him concerns the Boston Massacre on March 5, 1770. Toward evening that day, a crowd of colonists gathered and began taunting a small group of British soldiers. Tension mounted rapidly, and, when one of the soldiers was struck, the others fired their muskets, killing three of the Americans instantly and mortally wounding two others. Attucks was the first to fall, thus becoming one of the first men to lose his life in the cause of American independence. His body was carried to Faneuil Hall, where it lay in state until March 8, when all five victims were buried in a common grave. Attucks was the only victim of the Boston Massacre whose name was widely remembered. In 1888 the Crispus Attucks monument was unveiled in the Boston Common.”

Fact one summary: Crispus Attucks was one of the first African men to lose their life due to the Boston Massacre.

Fact two paragraph: “The name Crispus Attucks is one that most American schoolchildren encounter fairly early in their introduction to the American Revolution, its heroes, and its myths. Attucks's death at the so-called Boston Massacre on March 5, 1770, has led to his being lionized by many, especially African Americans, as the first martyr of the American Revolution. Attucks has come to signify African American patriotism, military service, sacrifice, and citizenship - he has become a black Founder.”

Fact two summary: Crispus Attucks is a well-known name when it comes to African American heroes. '''

The line in the article I added my fact to: "More than 50 Bostonians pressed around White, led by a mixed-race former slave named Crispus Attucks, who is well-known when it comes to African American heroes, throwing objects at the sentry and challenging him to fire his weapon."