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Oct 2017
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3: "Clean My Sh*t House!" The Boston Mas...

PROF. GREG JACKSON
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"Damn you, fire, be the consequences what it will!" ​ This is the story of the Boston Massacre. In the aftermath of a second botched attempt to tax the Americans and stop them from smuggling, John Hancock's accused of smuggling and Boston gets occupied by a British army. Then, one cold night, things get out of hand, and five Bostonians are shot dead by the K ... Show More
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