The BLOaDY MASSACRE perpetmatedin King-i-Street BOSTON onMard5oapattyof the 29REGT HALLBoston Massacre • On the night of March 5, 1770, a crowd gathered around the customs house for the sport of heckling激烈质问 its guard of 10 soldiers. When an officer tried to disperse (疏散) the crowd, the mob responded with a barrage弹幕射击 of flying objects. The redcoats panicked and fended off fended off (v.挡开) insults and snowballs with live fire, hitting 11 rioters (聚众闹事者) and killing five. Labeling the bloodshed “the Boston Massacre Boston Massacre,” Samuel Adams orchestrated组织 a martyrs’ funeral for the victims and used the occasion to solidify American opposition to British authority