James Caldwell

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James Caldwell was one of the colonial civilians killed by British soldiers during the 1770 Boston Massacre, an event that helped fuel anti-British sentiment before the American Revolution.


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Predicate Object
instanceOf colonial civilian
historical figure
victim of the Boston Massacre
associatedWith American Revolution
anti-British sentiment in colonial America
causeOfDeath gunshot wound
chronologicallyWithin 18th century
prelude to the American Revolution
countryOfCitizenship British America
ethnicGroup American colonist
familyName Caldwell
givenName James
hasCause British Army gunfire
hasHistoricalReputation martyr of British oppression in colonial narratives
hasRole civilian victim
hasSignificantEvent death in the Boston Massacre
killedBy British Army
British soldiers
locatedInEvent King Street, Boston (site of the Boston Massacre)
mannerOfDeath killed by gunfire
memorializedBy American Revolutionary-era propaganda
accounts of the Boston Massacre
participantIn American colonial resistance to British rule
Boston Massacre
partOf casualties of the Boston Massacre
placeOfDeath Boston
British America
Province of Massachusetts Bay
significantFor contributing to pre-Revolutionary tensions
fueling anti-British sentiment in the Thirteen Colonies

Referenced by (2)
Subject (surface form when different) Predicate
Boston Massacre
hasVictim
Caldwell, New Jersey
namedFor

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