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This Day in History: The Boston Massacre

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This Day in History: The Boston Massacre

This Day in History: The Boston Massacre

This Day in History:, The Boston Massacre.

March 5, 1770.

A skirmish in front of the Boston Custom House between British soldiers and angry colonists ended in violence when the troops opened fire on the crowd.

Three Americans were killed instantly and several other men eventually died from their injuries.

The incident followed several years of tensions and violence in colonial Massachusetts.

... partly due to revenue duties imposed on the colonists by the Townshed Acts passed by British Parliament.

The violence turned colonial sentiment against the British and King George in the years leading up to the American Revolution.

John Adams wrote that the "foundation of American independence was laid" by the massacre


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