jun 1, 1774 - The Boston Massacre

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The Boston massacre was a deadly riot that was on king street. A big riot broke out because a red coat hit a colonist for self defense. Then he called his men and 9 red coats came marching down the street. the colonists came and there were 200 of them. the colonists crowed screamed and yelled at the red coats. The red coats fired at the colonists without Caption Preston's order. Caption Preston said "stop firing" and pushed there guns up. Then they left marching back up to the streets. The judge caught them and sent them to trial 2 out of the 8 were set with murder the rest were off free with M's on their thumbs.