mar 5, 1770 - The Boston Massacre

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One sore point was the competition for jobs between the colonists and poorly paid soldiers who looked for extra work in local shipyards during off-duty hours. That evening a mob gathered in front of the Customs House and taunted the guards. When Crispus Attucks and several dockhands appeared on the scene, and armed clash erupted, leaving Attucks and four others dead in the snow. Instantly, Samuel Adams and other colonial agitators labeled this confrontation as Boston Massacre, thus presenting it as a British attack on defenseless citizens.