jan 3, 1770 - BOSTON MASSACRE
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In 1765, the British government sent troops to North America after the regulations were issued. At that time, the 14th and 29th groups in Boston were mischievous, they disrespect the resident.so the relationship between soldiers and residents deteriorated. Five years of conflict between the army and the local people, the feud between the local people and the British army, reached its climax in March 1770. On March 5th the British soldiers had a conflict with a rope maker again, so Boston rope workers gathered at the customs, pelting British soldiers guarding the customs. At 8 p.m., people took to the streets armed with sticks and shouted out the "red shrimps" (British troops wearing red uniforms). The crowd gathered at king's street customs was more emotional. The British army came to suppress them, and in the face of the angry people, the soldiers fired a gun at the crowd in a panic, killing three people and injuring six others. Two of them died the next day because of their injuries.
News of the Boston massacre spread quickly to other cities, rising to protest against British troops. In Boston, a city of 17,000 people, 50,000 people have joined the funeral procession. British troops were forced to withdraw from Boston.
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