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__ The Boston Massacre __ __ Article by __ : Hunter Gullett __ What was the Boston Massacre? __ The Boston Massacre was the killing of five Americans by British regulars on March 5, 1770 in Boston. The colonists were protesting the acts that they were being taxed with without say in what they wanted. In this picture, you can see the colonists trying to fight back __ What did the Patriots used to defend themselves? __ The British had guns, men prepared for battle, and horses. The Americans had snowballs, stones, and sticks. Five colonists got killed, two colonists got mortally wounded, and six others wounded. One of the men killed was Crispus Attucks, a sailor. __ What led to this event? __ In the photograph on the left you can see gun shots being fired by the British troops at our American Colonists. The colonists had hardly anything to defend themselves.
 * 1) Growing of mistrust between the British and the Colonists
 * 2) British kept taxing the colonists with taxes such as the Stamp Act, Sugar Act, and Townshend Act

__ What Happened during the Massacre? __ What happened was the colonists were protesting all of the taxes that British Parliament opposed on the colonists.