Roots of revolution. Observing the 250th anniversary of the 1770 Boston Massacre. This lecture will discuss the context of events leading up to the American and the British discontent with affairs in the colonies, including the outcomes and aftermath of the French and Indian War (the Seven Years’ War), Stamp Act and other measures imposed by London on the colonies in arguable violation of the colonists’ rights as British citizens, and British moves to restrict westward expansion. Lecture will go on to discuss the deployment of troops to Boston and the conditions that led to the massacre, the massacre itself, and the outcome in terms of the direction that Anglo-American affairs took. By Mark McDonagh of the NSDM staff, a retired Navy captain with 12 years’ experience on the Naval War College Staff.