古德明英語軍事小故事：波 士 頓 屠 殺(中英對照)
古德明《征服英語》之英語軍事故事，古德明，香港英語教育作家，他開了一個《征服英語專欄》，在專欄中專門用英語寫了世界近代史上的軍事小故事，用英語講述歷史中那些驚心動魄的戰爭。波 士 頓 屠 殺
in the 1760s, conflicts between britain and her 13 north american colonies were on the rise because the british government tried to increase control over the colonies and raise taxes at the same time. on 5 march 1770, a crowd of jeering civilians in boston gathered around a small group of british soldiers guarding the customs house, and began throwing snowballs at them. in the midst of the commotion, a soldier was struck down onto the ground by a club. enraged, the soldiers fired into the crowd, killing three people and wounding eight others, two of them mortally.
while it took five years from the boston massacre to the american revolutionary war, the massacre sparked the colonists' desire for independence.
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