Posts Tagged ‘Boston Massacre’

Reading Time: 3 minutesHISTORY OF THE BOSTON MASSACRE Part of the series on America 250, the US Semiquincentennial   n March 5, 1770, a confrontation between British soldiers stationed in Boston and a crowd of sailors and dockworkers led to the death of five colonists. It became known in America as the Boston Massacre or the “Bloody Massacre.” However,…