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oct 1, 1768 - The British Army's 29th Infantry Regiment of foot soldiers, which will carry out the Boston Massacre on March 5, 1770, arrives in Boston Harbor along with three other regiments. The 700 foot soldiers march through the Massachusetts colony's capital as a show of force and begin their occupation.[15] Within a year, there will be "nearly 4,000 armed redcoats in the crowded seaport of 15,000 inhabitants

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