Five people died all together. There were three Americans - ropemaker Samuel Gray, mariner James Caldwell, and a mixed race sailor named Crispus Attucks - died instantly. Seventeen-year-old Samuel Maverick, struck by a ricocheting musket ball at the back of the crowd, died a few hours later, in the early morning of the next day. Thirty-year-old Irish immigrant Patrick Carr died two weeks later.
It was an incident on 5 March, 1770. British soldiers shot at american colonists and killed 5 of them. Later it was called a 'massacre' by the Americans to increade hatred against the British.
In 1888, a monument was erected on the Boston Common to the men killed in the Boston Massacre, listing all their names, and to the cause of the American Revolution.
I don't know their names, but I know that were born in MA.
Eleven people were hit during the Boston Massacre. Ropemaker Samuel Gray, mariner James Caldwell, and a mixed race sailor named Crispus Attucks were killed instantly. Seventeen-year-old Samuel Maverick, died in the early morning of the next day, whilst thirty-year-old Irish immigrant Patrick Carr died two weeks later.
A colonist and a British soldier got into a fight more colonists and British soldiers arrived, the colonists were throwing snowballs and calling the British soldiers names. A few of the British soldier's fired into the crowd killing a few colonists.
It was an incident on 5 March, 1770. British soldiers shot at american colonists and killed 5 of them. Later it was called a 'massacre' by the Americans to increade hatred against the British.
In 1888, a monument was erected on the Boston Common to the men killed in the Boston Massacre, listing all their names, and to the cause of the American Revolution.
Are you sure you don't mean the Boston Tea Party? The Boston Massacre lasted for 5 minutes as a dispute between a few colonists and the Redcoats, a.k.a.: the British soldiers.
I don't know their names, but I know that were born in MA.
Eleven people were hit during the Boston Massacre. Ropemaker Samuel Gray, mariner James Caldwell, and a mixed race sailor named Crispus Attucks were killed instantly. Seventeen-year-old Samuel Maverick, died in the early morning of the next day, whilst thirty-year-old Irish immigrant Patrick Carr died two weeks later.
Samuel gray, crispus attucks, Patrick carr, James caldwell, and Samuel maverick
A colonist and a British soldier got into a fight more colonists and British soldiers arrived, the colonists were throwing snowballs and calling the British soldiers names. A few of the British soldier's fired into the crowd killing a few colonists.
There was not a winning and a losing side in the Boston Massacre. Five Colonials died, and the soldiers were tried in civil court. Two were found guilty of manslaughter. But it was not a win nor a defeat. It was just a moment in history.
Boston Massacre
Captain Thomas Preston and Eight other men
The Bjoston Massacre
Samuel Gray, Crispus Attucks, James Caldwell, Patrick Carr and Samuel Maverick