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How Important Was The Boston Massacre
Although there were many important topics covered throughout Chapter 7, I thought the most important was the Boston Massacre, and it has left a long lasting impression on history in America. On March 5, 1770, the redcoats began to be tormented by about sixty towns-people. Outnumbering a group of redcoats six to one, they threw snowballs, sticks, and stones at them, angry that an eleven-year-old boy had been shot during a protest ten days later. As a result to the towns-people's protest, the troops had to open fire, hurting or killing eleven people. The Boston Massacre caused many more fights and protests to break out around Boston, and the urge to be free from British rule.

The Boston Massacre is an event that most American's have heard about

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