mar 5, 1770 - Boston Masscure
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The colonists had had enough of the Redcoats presence in the colonies and started to harass them unmercifully. The British soldiers said that they felt threatened and shot the men killing and wounding 11 Bostonians. The Boston Massacre was an eye opening experience to the Patriots cause all around America."The Boston Massacre is remembered as a key event in helping to galvanize the colonial public to the Patriot cause."
History.com Staff. “Boston Massacre.” History.com, A&E Television Networks, 2009, www.history.com/topics/american-revolution/boston-massacre.
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mar 5, 1770
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~ 256 years ago