The Boston Massacre<span>. </span>John Adams<span>, writing in his journal, February 1771, shortly after the trial of the British soldiers. The </span>Boston Massacre<span> was the act of British soldiers firing into a mob of </span>Boston<span> citizens. When the smoke had cleared, five citizens of the mob were dead, including Crispus Attucks.
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14th Amendment to the U.S. Constitution. ... In addition, it forbids states from denying any person "life, liberty or property, without due process of law" or to "deny to any person within its jurisdiction the equal protection of the laws
After Mazarin's death, he declared<span> that he would rule without a chief minister. He viewed himself as the direct representative of God, endowed with a divine right to wield the absolute </span>power<span> of the monarchy.</span>