British soldiers quartered in Boston ... A fight between soldiers and ropemakers on Friday, March 2, 1770 ignited a series of confrontations that led to the Boston Massacre the following Monday.

On March 5, 1770, one of the defining moments leading up to the Revolution occurred, commonly known as the Boston Massacre. A confrontation took place in which nine British soldiers shot several ...

Adams' defense of the British soldiers accused in the 1770 Boston Massacre displayed his willingness to disregard popular sentiment for principle. Although he believed that his law practice ...

What would soon be known as the Boston Massacre started with a minor dispute: On the evening of March 5, 1770, a wigmaker’s young apprentice accused a British officer of not paying for his new ...