mar 5, 1770 - Boston Massacre
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Important Persons Involved: British soldiers, colonists, Paul Revere, Samuel Adams
What it Was: Nine British redcoats fired into a town and killed five townspeople. A trial cleared the soldiers, but Radical Whigs in Boston were convinced it was a conspiracy against liberty.
How it Led to Revolution: Boston's Radical Whigs used the "massacre" to rally sentiment against imperial power.
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