On March 5, 1770, seven British soldiers fired into a crowd of volatile Bostonians, killing five, wounding another six, and angering an entire colony.
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The Boston Massacre was a confrontation in Boston on March 5, 1770, in which nine British soldiers shot several of a crowd of three or four hundred who were harassing them verbally and throwing various projectiles. Wikipedia
Location: Boston and Province of Massachusetts Bay
Date: March 5, 1770
Caused by: Townshend Acts; Occupation of Boston; Killing of Christopher Seider and the pardon of his killer
Charges: Murder
Resulted in: Five American colonists killed
Sentence: Montgomery, Kilroy: Branding of the thumb
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