Since the Stamp Act of 1765, street violence in Boston had become commonplace ... When reinforcements arrived under the command of Captain Thomas Preston, the mob turned its fury on the eight ...
Five civilians would die, three were wounded, and the bloody chaos that was the Boston ... of legend, a massacre of Bostonian strangers by faceless troops led by Captain Thomas Preston.
Since the Stamp Act of 1765, street violence in Boston had become commonplace ... When reinforcements arrived under the command of Captain Thomas Preston, the mob turned its fury on the eight ...