 The Boston Massacre happened because the British brought over troops and the British also raised taxes.  The colonists started to throw snowballs,

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 The Boston Massacre happened because the British brought over troops and the British also raised taxes.  The colonists started to throw snowballs, rocks, and sticks at the soldiers until the soldiers fired and killed three instantly and two died later.

 The Boston Massacre occurred on March 5, 1770  The Boston Massacre happened on King Street in front of a customhouse where the taxes were collected

COLONISTS THAT DIED BRITISH SOLDIERS THAT FIRED  Crispus Attucks (died right away)  Mr. Samuel Gray (died right away)  Mr. James Caldwell (died right away)  Mr. Samuel Maverick (died the next morning)  Patrick Carr (died two weeks later)  Christopher Monk (died ten years later)  Thomas Preston  Private Hugh White  Captain John Goldfinch  Corporal William Wemms  Lieutenant James Basset  Private Hugh Montgomery

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