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The Boston Massacre
On March 5, 1770, in the street before you, nine British soldiers were confronted by an angry mob.
"The soldiers did fire without orders and killed five of his Majesty's good subjects...How fatal are the effects of posting a standing army among a free people!"
Samuel Adams' description of the Boston massacre and Paul Revere's engraving of the scene fueled public outrage, and helped arouse revolutionary fervor of colonists all over America. |