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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,

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2  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.

3  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

4 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

5  Boston Massacre Historical Society. “Home Page.” Bostonmassacre.net. Boston Massacre Historical Society, 2008. Web. 8 Apr. 2011..  Independence Hall Association. “The Boston Massacre.” Ushistory.org. Independence Hall Assn., 4 July 1995. Web. 8 Apr. 2011..  Ingraham, Leonard. An Album of the America Revolution. New York: Franklin Watts, 1971. Print.  Wikimeadia Commons. “Boston Massacre.” Commons.Wikimedia.org. Wikimedia Commons, 23 June 2010. Web. 11 Apr. 2011..  “KingSt Boston by Habermann.” Commons.wikimedia.org. Wikimeadia commons, 23 Nov. 2010. Web. 11 Apr. 2011.  Wikimedia Commons. “Snowpyramids.” Commons.Wikimedia.org. Wikimedia Commons, 27 Sept. 2010. Web. 11 Apr. 2011..


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