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The Boston Massacre (known in Great Britain as the Incident on King Street) [1] was a confrontation in Boston on March 5, 1770, in which nine British soldiers shot several of a crowd of three or four hundred who were harassing them verbally and throwing various projectiles.
Montgomery was the first soldier to fire against a hostile crowd of colonists surrounding them in what subsequently became known as the Boston Massacre. [3] On 27 March, Montgomery was indicted for murder. He was held in prison pending trial, [4] which took place in November–December 1770, in Boston.
1888, a monument honoring Attucks and the other victims of the Boston Massacre was erected on Boston Common. It is over 25 feet high and about 10 feet wide. The "bas-relief" (raised portion on the face of the main part of the monument) portrays the Boston Massacre, with Attucks lying in the foreground. Under the scene is the date, March 5, 1770.
Preston was a captain of the 29th Regiment of Foot, part of the British garrison in Boston under the overall command of Thomas Gage.He was present at the Boston Massacre, also known as the Incident on King Street, when on 5 March 1770 a group of soldiers from the 29th fired on colonists of the city, after an aggressive mob had confronted them and thrown snowballs, clubs, and rocks at them.
March 5: Boston Massacre. [1] ... Boston Evening Transcript begins publication. Population: 61,392. ... The trial of Dzhokhar Tsarnaev begins. [226]
Jurors saw the boat in person on the seventh day of the trial. [20] The murder of Sean Collier was the primary focus of the fifth day of the trial. Collier was found alive but possibly unconscious, and making a gurgling noise. [21] He was shot three times in the head, including once between the eyes, and three times in the hand. [22]
Engraving of the Boston Massacre Garrick initiated, drawn by Paul Revere. During the evening of March 5, 1770, a drunk Edward Garrick and his fellow wigmaker's apprentice Bartholomew Broaders were among a crowd of local youth taunting and throwing snowballs at [8] John Goldfinch, a captain-lieutenant of the British Army. [9]
On June 18, 1974, after Allen Fryer's trial, he and James Fryer escaped from the Lyon County Jail, stole a vehicle and fled the state. The two were arrested in Wyoming, and brought back to face ...