THE BOSTON MASSACRE OF 1770

THE FACTS

• The Boston Massacre occurred on March 5, 1770.

THE FACTS

• There where 5 people dead and 6 people in critical condition.

THE FACTS

• The American colonist threw many things like snowballs, stones, trash and even seashells at the British soldiers.

THE FACTS

• When a angry American colonist threw a snowball at a British Soldier he had fallen and yelled "fire" and so his men fired and killed 5 innocent colonist and injured 6 other people.

THE FACTS

• Thomas Preston was the officer/captain of the British troop that shot the American colonist.