The Boston Massacre, known in Great Britain as the Incident on King Street, [1] was a confrontation, on March 5, 1770, during the American Revolution in Boston in what was then …

Nov 8, 2025 · Boston Massacre, the famous skirmish between British troops and a crowd in Boston, Massachusetts, on March 5, 1770. Widely publicized, the violent event contributed to …

Oct 27, 2009 · The Boston Massacre was a deadly riot that occurred on March 5, 1770, on King Street in Boston. It began as a street brawl between American colonists and a lone British …

In multiple places throughout Boston, groups of colonists came into conflict with British soldiers – near the Liberty Tree, down Boylston's Alley, near Murray's Barracks, and at Dock Square – …

The Boston Massacre was an incident that occurred on March 5, 1770, where a group of British soldiers fired into a crowd of civilians on King Street in Boston. In this article, we’ve explained …

On the night of March 5, 1770, a man and a British sentry exchanged heated words in Boston, Massachusetts. Within minutes, three people lay dead in the snow and several others were …

Nov 13, 2023 · The Boston Massacre, or the Incident on King Street, occurred in Boston, Massachusetts, on 5 March 1770, when nine British soldiers fired into a crowd of American …

The Boston Massacre After months of political friction, an altercation between British soldiers and Bostonians broke out on 5 March 1770. With five dead and six wounded, word spread of a …

Mar 19, 2020 · The Boston Massacre marked the moment when political tensions between British soldiers and American colonists turned deadly. Patriots argued the event was the massacre of …

The officer on guard was Capt. Preston, who with seven or eight soldiers, with fire-arms and charged bayonets, issued from the guardhouse, and in great haste posted himself and his …