honed in on the source of the troublesome sedition in the American Colonies and

singled out Massachusetts as the primary culprit. In a stunning move the empire

ordered General Thomas Gage to occupy the city and set in motion a path of

bloodshed and chaos. In March of 1770 Bostonians were fired upon by imperial

forces in an event that would become known as the Boston Massacre, and three

years later colonists had their revenge at the so called Boston Tea Party. On

Today’s episode we discuss Boston, Bloody Boston.