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Boston Massacre

Published on Nov 19, 2015

Boston Massacre

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Boston Massacre

March 5, 1770

Patriot & British Solders

  • When? March 7, 1770
  • Where? Boston,Massachusetts on King street.
  • Why? Colonists were infuriated with the new acts.
  • How? 
  • It was a snowy night when a patriot started taunting British solders.

Patriot & British Solders

  • Soon more patriots gathered around the British solders.
  • All the patriots started taunting the British solders
  • The patriots started placing rocks into snowballs.
  • The patriots started aiming to the British solders.
  • British solders shot 3 warning shots.

patriot & British solders

  • Patriots kept provoking the British Solders.
  • A British Solder was knocked onto the floor
  • British Solders fire.

Patriots & British Solders

During the shooting 11 men got shoot.  
5 colonists sadly died while 6 got injured.

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