Articles related to "Captain Thomas Preston"

The Tea Act of 1773 was enacted by Parliament to increase pressures on the Colonial people and enhance the wealth of the British crown.

The Boston Massacre, Teddy Roosevelt's charge up San Juan Hill, and George Washington's crossing the Delaware are captured in paintings that often embellish the truth.

The only person punished in connection with the events on March 5, 1770, was a boy who killed no one and possibly wasn't even at the scene. He got whipped.

British Soldiers hoped to extract a panicky sentry from his post in front of raging Bostonians, many of whom assumed the soldiers' guns were not loaded. They were wrong.