Pembantaian Boston
Also 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
- Image
- Boston Massacre high-res.jpg