The British Soldiers killed five colonial citizens.
It was a bitterly cold March evening in 1770 in Boston, Massachusetts. A mob of mad colonists started to form as British Private Hugh White nervously surveyed the streets. The colonists, who were known as Patriots, resented the Redcoats who had occupied their city.
A Group of Patriots insulted mockingly taunted Private White. They also insulted a British officer, daring him to fire his gun. White insisted that the Patriots be respectful to the officer. When the Colonists refused, White who had grown extremely angry, hit a Patriot on the head with the butt of his musket. Enraged by this, the Patriots pressed in on the soldiers.
More Redcoats showed up and increased in their rage and their numbers. The Patriots insolently threw sticks, stones, and large chunks of ice at the British. Soon, a soldier was hit with a rock, causing his gun to fire. The Soldiers, who were now outnumbered, panicked, and they fired a volley of bullets into the angry mob. Many Colonists were hit, and five were killed. It was clear that more trouble would follow this Bloody Massacre.
State: Kansas County: Wallace County Range: High Plains Prominence: 19 feet Elevation: 4,039 feet
Sassafras Mountain
Sassafras Mountain is the peak on the right. The Mountains in the background are larger than Sassafras Mountain because they are in North Carolina.
State: South Carolina County: Pickens County, South Carolina, Transylvania County, North Carolina Range: Appalachian Mountains Prominence: 774 feet Elevation: 3,554 feet
White Butte
White Butte.
State: North Dakota County: Slope County Range: Black Hills Prominence: 546 feet Elevation: 3,508 feet
Mt. Greylock
Mt. Greylock seen from the town of Adams. Massachusetts.
State: South Dakota County: Pennington County Range: Black Hills Prominence: 2,922 feet Elevation: 7,244 feet
Mt. Mitchell
Mt. Mitchell seen from Mt. Craig.
State: North Carolina County: Yancey County Range: Appalachian Mountains Prominence: 6,089 feet Elevation: 6,684
Clingmans Dome
Clingmans Dome seen from Mt. LeConte.
State: Tennessee County: Sevier County Tennessee, Swain County, North Carolina Range: Appalachian Mountains Prominence: 4,503 feet Elevation: 6,643 feet
Mt. Washington
Mt. Washington.
State: New Hampshire County: Coos County Range: Appalachian Mountains Prominence: 6,148 feet Elevation: 6,288 feet
Mt. Rogers
Mt. Rogers.
State: Virginia County: Grayson and Smyth Counties Range: Appalachian Mountains Prominence: 2,499 feet Elevation: 5,730 feet
Panorama Point
Panorama Point monument.
State: Nebraska County: Kimball County Range: High Plains Prominence: 26 feet Elevation: 5,429 feet
Mt. Marcy
Mt. Marcy.
State: New York County: Essex County Range: Appalachian Mountains Prominence: 4,914 feet Elevation: 5,343
Mt. Katahdin
Trail going up the slope of Mt. Katahdin.
State: Maine County: Piscataquis County Range: Appalachian Mountains Prominence: 4,288 feet Elevation: 5,269
Black Mesa
Black Mesa monument.
State: Oklahoma County: Cimarron County, Oklahoma, Baca County, Colorado, Union County, New Mexico Range: Black Mesa Plateau Prominence: 3 feet Elevation: 4,973 feet
Spruce Knob
Mountains of West Virginia in the fall. Spruce Knob is the tallest peak on the left.
State: West Virginia County: Pendleton County Range: Appalachian Mountains Prominence: 2,782 feet Elevation: 4,863 feet
Brasstown Bald
Brasstown Bald seen from Standing Indian Mountain, North Carolina.
State: Georgia County: Towns and Union Counties Range: Appalachian Mountains Prominence: 2,108 feet Elevation: 4,784 feet
