Boston Massacre
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Locations | Massachusetts |
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British America | |
State Street | |
Boston | |
U. S. | |
Perpetrators | British Army |
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ID | 777533 |
About Boston Massacre
The Boston Massacre, known to the British as the Incident on King Street, was a confrontation on March 5, 1770 in which British soldiers shot and killed several people while being harassed by a mob in Boston. The event was heavily publicized by leading Patriots such as Paul Revere and Samuel Adams.