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History, 17.09.2019 14:00, korar1644

An event that became known as the boston massacre occurred on march 5, 1770. on this day, british soldiers fired on and killed
a. colonial minutemen.
b. revolutionary politicians.
c. unarmed colonists.
d. other british soldiers.

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Social Studies, 27.06.2019 12:00, ngilliam1444

On march 5, 1770, a crowd of boston boys and men surrounded a number of british soldiers and began taunting and cursing them while they pelted them with snowballs. order quickly broke down, and the frightened soldiers fired into the crowd. when the shooting ended, several people were dead and more were wounded. this engraving by paul revere, a leader of the boston sons of liberty, was sent throughout the colonies in the following weeks to arouse anti-british feelings. 1. how does the engraving tell a different story from the above description of the boston massacre? 2. where do you suppose the term "massacre" came from that describes this event?

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History, 23.07.2019 02:50, jjpeanut30

Anonymous account of the boston massacre the horrid massacre in boston, perpetrated in the evening of the fifth day of march, 1770, by soldiers of the twenty-ninth regiment . . in passing to this station the [british] soldiers pushed several persons with their bayonets, driving through the people in so rough a manner that it appeared they intended to create a disturbance. this occasioned some snowballs to be thrown at them which seems to have been the only provocation that was given. . captain preston is said to have ordered them to fire, and to have repeated that order. one gun was fired first; then others in succession and with deliberation, till ten or a dozen guns were fired; or till that number of discharges were made from the guns that were fired. by which means eleven persons were killed and wounded. anonymous, 1770 each of these statements is supported by this anonymous account of the boston massacre except a) the colonists fired on the british in self defense. b) captain preston repeatedly ordered his soldiers to fire. c) the british soldiers charged at the colonists with bayonets. d) the only action the colonists took against the soldiers was to throw some snowballs.

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History, 01.08.2019 16:00, u8p4

Which was not part of the boston massacre on march 5, 1770? a. it was a disorganized brawl between bostonians and british soldiers. b. crispus attucks, a sailor of african-indian-white ancestry, was shot and killed by british troops| one of five bostonians killed in the massacre. c. it escalated from snowball throwing into an armed confrontation. d. it witnessed tea thrown into boston harbor and an indian massacre?

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