mar 5, 1770 - Boston Massacre

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Was a street fight between a "patriot" mob, throwing snowballs, stones, and sticks, and a squad of British soldiers. Several colonists were killed and this led to a campaign by speech-writers to rouse the ire of the citizenry.

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http://www.ushistory.org/declaration/related/images/massacre.jpg

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