mar 5, 1770 - Boston Massacre
Description:
CAUSE: British soldiers took 2nd jobs in addition to service → compete w colonists → tensionEFFECT: 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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Date:
mar 5, 1770
Now
~ 255 years ago