mar 5, 1770 - The Boston Massacre

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During the day that parliament repealed the townshend acts a mob broke out in Boston causing 5 colonists to die due to the gunshots. Many others were also injured, but this event sparked outrage. Soon the 7 soldiers who were there that day were put on trial, saved by John Adams, a patriot, 5 of the 7 were deemed innocent declaring that they acted out of self-defense, and the other 2 guilty of an unintentional manslaughter.

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