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mar 5, 1770 - Boston Massacre

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CAUSE: British soldiers took 2nd jobs in addition to service → compete w colonists → tension
EFFECT: Angry colonists pelted snowballs @ British soldiers → soliders fought back by shooting them w guns → 5 killed including CRISPUS ATTUCKS (African american, first person killed in American Revolution); PAUL REVERE makes propaganda engraving of event

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mar 5, 1770
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~ 255 years ago

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