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The Boston Massacre was a very important event in our history that happened on March 5 1770 The Boston Massacre took place in Boston Massachusetts Even though they called it the Boston Massacre they only called it that because of the five innocent people that died that day This event in our history wasn t called The Boston Massacre until much later after it had already happened The first popular name popularized by Paul Revere was The Bloody Massacre in King Street Boston Massacre Historical Society On that same day before this event happened someone posted a handbill ostensibly from the British soldiers promising that they were determined to defend themselves Boston Massacre Encyclopaedia Britannica A squad of British soldiers came to support a sentry who was being pressed by a heckling snowballing crowd let loose of valley shots Boston Massacre History The British soldiers were unwelcome there British troops had been billeted in Boston in October 1768 after repeated request from British customs officials who had been harassed and intimidated because of their efforts to enforce the Townshend Acts Boston Massacre History This started a disagreement between both the soldiers and the citizens One of the soldiers started shooting his weapon into the crowd out of fear After that specific soldier fired his weapon this seemed to let a chain reaction go on with the other soldiers
