The Boston Massacre
The Story...
1768
Britain stations soldiers (four regiments) in Boston, to stop the harassment of customs commissioners.
1770, March 5
Mob begins pelting sentries with snowballs and rocks. As the scuffle progresses, British soldiers kill 5 Americans.
1770, March 26
Paul Revere sells prints of his engraving,
"The Bloody Massacre perpetrated in King Street"
demo
1774
John Hancock uses the story to rally colonists.
Boston Massacre Oration
Complete summary from
Boston's Freedom Trail (NPS)
From the Source...
Anonymous Account of the Boston Massacre
"THE HORRID MASSACRE IN BOSTON, PERPETRATED IN THE EVENING OF THE FIFTH DAY OF MARCH,..."
Captain Thomas Preston's Account of the Boston Massacre
Record of the trial of the eight British soldiers
Misc...
Grave of the five Americans killed
Books...
Crispus Attucks : Black Leader of Colonial Patriots
(Childhood of Famous Americans Series.) by Gray Morrow (Illustrator), Dharathula H. Millender