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Boston Massacre
Sign in to saveAlso known as The Boston Massacre, The Bloody Massacre, Incident on King Street, The Bloody Massacre on King Street
Incident on March 5, 1770
Key facts
- Date
- March 5, 1770 (256 years ago) ( 1770-03-05 )
- Caused by
- Townshend Acts Occupation of Boston Killing of Christopher Seider and the pardon of his killer
- Resulted in
- Five American colonists killed
- Type
- Shooting , manslaughter
- Accused
- Thomas Preston William Wemms Hugh Montgomery John Carroll James Hartigan William McCauley William Warren Matthew Kilroy Four civilians
- Convicted
- Montgomery, Kilroy
- Charges
- Murder
- Verdict
- Montgomery and Kilroy found guilty on the lesser offense of manslaughter Remaining accused found not guilty
- Sentence
- Montgomery, Kilroy: , Branding of the thumb
via Wikipedia infobox
Wikidata facts
- Instance of
- massacre
- Part of
- American Revolution
- Country
- United States
- Located in
- Massachusetts
- Location
- Boston
- Image
- Boston Massacre high-res.jpg
- Number of deaths
- 5
- Number of injured
- 0
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- point in time
- 1770-03-05
- topic's main category
- Category:Boston Massacre
- Commons category
- Boston Massacre
- described by source
- New International Encyclopedia
Sources (2)
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Encyclopedic overview
Lead figures
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