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Revolutionary Soldiers March Overnight

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From the archives of Discovery: Take a look at Revolutionary War soldiers marching night and day. Learn more about the Revolutionary War in this video.

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British Surprise Attack 2 (0:38)

From the archives of Discovery: Take a look at a re-enactment of a British surprise attack during the Revolutionary War. Learn more about the Revolutionary War in this video.

British Surprise Attack 1 (0:39)

From the archives of Discovery: Take a look at a re-enactment of a British surprise attack during the Revolutionary War. Learn more about the Revolutionary War in this video.

Revolutionary War Scenes (0:41)

From the archives of Discovery: Take a look at various re-enactment scenes from the Revolutionary War. Learn more about the Revolutionary War in this video.

Revolutionary Armies Fall Back (0:48)

From the archives of Discovery: Take a look at the colonial armies as they fall back across modern-day New Jersey. Learn more about the Revolutionary War in this video.

Battle in the Revloutionary War 1 (0:42)

From the archives of Discovery: Take a look at re-enactments of battles from the Revolutionary War. Learn more about the Revolutionary War in this video.

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American History: The Boston Massacre Investigation (5:32)

The investigation concluded that most of what we now remember about the Boston Massacre is wrong. At the time of the event, Capt. Thomas Preston and all but two of his soldiers were acquitted of all charges.

American History: Studying the Victims' Gunshot Wounds (4:26)

Ballistics tests indicate that the bullets from one double-loaded musket fired during the Boston Massacre would not have spread far enough apart to match the wounds described at Crispus Attucks' autopsy.

American History: The Scene of the Boston Massacre (4:04)

The investigative team determines the exact location of the victims of the Boston Massacre, revealing that the star commemorating the incident is placed incorrectly.

American History: Preston's Command (5:02)

An acoustic simulation of the Boston Massacre reveals that the British soldiers most likely would have been unable to hear a command from Capt. Thomas Preston and therefore shot at the colonists for other reasons.

American History: Preston's Trial (5:28)

Thomas Preston, the British Captain who oversaw the Boston Massacre, was eventually tried, along with six other Redcoats, on the question of whether they had committed murder or acted in self defense.

American History: Paul Revere's Incorrect Engraving (2:31)

Almost everything about Paul Revere's famous engraving of the Boston Massacre is incorrect. The shootings took place at night; a thick layer of snow lay on the ground, and the colonists were not the passive victims depicted in the engraving.

American History: Tensions between British and Patriots (1:39)

Boston was politically divided between Loyalists and Patriots. In 1768, British authorities sent troops to occupy Boston, keep the peace, and collect taxes, escalating violence between the colonists and the British.

American History: Questions About the Boston Massacre (2:36)

What little we know about the Boston Massacre comes from differing eyewitness accounts and newspaper articles, but we do not know whether it was a real massacre or actually an act of self defense.

American History: What We Know About Boston's Massacre (2:28)

On March 5, 1770 a group of British soldiers fired into a crowd of rioting colonists.

American History: The Boston Massacre (1:04)

The legendary Boston Massacre occurred on March, 5, 1770.