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GCSE History · key term
Settlers from Paxton in Pennsylvania who murdered peaceful Conestoga people in December 1763 and marched towards Philadelphia in February 1764.
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Paper 2
Revise: Aftermath of WarIn December 1763, settlers known as the Paxton Boys attacked a peaceful Conestoga community in Pennsylvania. They killed six people and burned their homes. These victims were not combatants in Pontiac’s Rebellion.
Distinguish the peaceful Conestoga attacked by the Paxton Boys from the Indigenous peoples fighting British forces.
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