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Taryn Ross, Medford High School
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Mighty Mighty Bosstone's //Riot On Broad Street//:**
 * __Appendix A__

My father once told this to me Boston's gritty history Another ruthless battle In a useless holy war Handed down discrepancies And tensions that'll never ease One early afternoon on broad street It blew up down there for sure

Broad street's just not broad enough And you just don't love God enough And if that isn't odd enough We've taken too much crap You've pushed us round the sod enough We'e scrapped and rapped and jawed enough Poked, provoked and prod enough Something's gonna snap

The boston fire fighting volunteers On their way to fight a fire somewhere Met with a funeral procession Proceeding way too slow A brownstone burns out of control We need to lay to rest this soul Loggerheads on broadstreet Eye to eye and toe to toe

Broad street's just not broad enough And you just don't love God enough And if that isn't odd enough We've taken too much crap You've pushed us round the sod enough We'e scrapped and rapped and jawed enough Poked, provoked and prod enough Something's gonna snap

Riot down on broad street Hand me a brick, a stick, a picket Bottle, axe or cobblestone Riot down on broad street And if I'm going down Hell, I'm not going down alone I won't go down alone

And when the fight was over They retired to the clover, Silver dollar, thirsty scollar Whatever pubs they had back then The brownstone was in ashes Broken bones and bloody gashes And a casket sat on broad street 'til the sun came up again

Broad street's just not broad enough And you just don't love God enough And if that isn't odd enough We've taken too much crap You've pushed us round the sod enough We'e scrapped and rapped and jawed enough Poked, provoked and prod enough Something's gonna snap

Riot down on broad street Hand me a brick, a stick, a picket Bottle, axe or cobblestone Riot down on broad street And if I'm going down Hell, I'm not going down alone And if I'm going down Hell, I'm not going down alone And if I'm going down Hell, I'm not going down alone

There's a riot down on broad street (x 4)

Boston City Map** [|1838 Plan of the city of Boston Map]
 * __Appendix B__

Map Analysis Worksheet from NARA
 * __Appendix C__**
 * [[image:map_analysis_worksheet_(NARA).jpg width="374" height="519"]]

Need Boston City Directory early 1800's -
 * __Appendix D__**

Boston Daily Atlas 6/13/1837
 * __Appendix E__**

Accounts of the Broad Street Riot on Nune 12, 1837 - Boston Daily Advertiser and Boston Atlas


 * __Appendix F__**


 * __Appendix G__**

**The Trial of the Broad Street Rioters**
 * __Appendix H__**
 * Mock Trial Worksheet **NAME:

//Objective:// The purpose of this trial is to judge the actions of the men arrested for their roles in the events of the Broad Street Riot on June 11, 1837. Were they rowdy, violent trouble-makers or passionate self-defenders? It’s a time-period in which Boston’s native-born Protestants and immigrant Irish-Catholics have already demonstrated their differences with each other through various forms of violent and non-violent conflict. They are no strangers to tension, frustration and disagreement but where is the line between lawful peaceful assemblies and unlawful tumultuous communal social expression? //Directions:// Our task is to examine the background of the Protestants and Catholics in Boston and the events of June 11, 1837, on Broad Street. After being assigned a character role and examining various primary and secondary sources, you will participate in producing a verdict on the charge of “rioting”. Be careful, because the members of the court may not be completely innocent. //General Role Descriptions://
 * 1) Plaintiffs: Present testimony.
 * 2) Plaintiff Attorney(s): handle witness’ testimony, research, preparation, and document-drafting.
 * 3) Defendants: Present testimony.
 * 4) Defendant Attorney(s): handle witness’ testimony, research, preparation, and document-drafting.
 * 5) Witnesses: Present testimony.
 * 6) Bailiff: The role of the Bailiff is optional and requires a student to announce the beginning and ending of the proceeding, call witnesses, administer oaths and take the jury's verdict to the judge.
 * 7) Jury: Between six and twelve students should be assigned to play the roles of jurors. Their deliberations can be public so students can see the interaction of jurors or private as in a real trial.
 * 8) Judge: We recommend the teacher play the role of the judge. He or she should keep track of time, rule on admissibility of evidence and on any motions made.


 * __Appendix I__**

Boston Daily Advertiser - sorted by date








Salem Gazette Newspaper articles (3 articles) from June 13, 1837 (located on America's Historical Newspaper) []

Salem Gazeeter Newspaper articles (2 separate) from June 16, 1837 (located on America's Historical Newspaper)

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 * __Appendix __**

Boston Daily Advertiser - sorted by date








Salem Gazette Newspaper articles (3 articles) from June 13, 1837 (located on America's Historical Newspaper) []

Salem Gazeeter Newspaper articles (2 separate) from June 16, 1837 (located on America's Historical Newspaper)

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Images
-- PDF containing this image. Taken from Ed O'Donnell's Fall Seminar - (FS07)

[|In the Web of Class: Delinquents and Reformers in Boston 1810-1930's] see page 112-113

[|The Memorial History of Boston: including Suffolk County ... Volume 3] -- see page 521

[|Boston's Wayward Children] by Peter C. Holloran published 1989
 * editor of the New England Historical Association
 * **Peter C. Holloran** is associate professor of history at Worcester State College, Worcester, MA, and an editor of the //Journal of Popular Culture//. His published works include //Boston’s Wayward Children: Social Service for Homeless Children, 1830-1930// and //Historical Dictionary of New England//.
 * Email: pholloran@worcester.edu

Check out [|Joseph Tuckerman] - a Unitarian Minister who worked with the poor and immigrants in the 1830's -

== 1835 Plan of Boston with parts of the adjacent towns

1835 Plan of the city of Boston

1838 Boston Map

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