Why Did The Boston Massacre Happen

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The boston massacre was somewhat of an accident given the fact that there were several reasons for the incident. The massacre was not all the britishes fault for an example the bostonians were hitting the british troops with sticks and throwing snowballs at them. The article states that the british are not to open fire on the bostonians, but they still open fired and killed five bostonians. Witnesses that were interviewed then say that youngsters were throwing snowballs but were doing no real harm to the soldiers and therefore they should not have shot fire. During the courte hearing all they got was a marking on their hands Some say that the soldiers were using self defence to keep any harm but ended up killing five people anyway.

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