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| Depiction of the Boston Massacre |
The Boston Massacre was a riot that began when a group of 50 citizens gathered outside of the State
house on the night of March 5, 1770 to protest the large presence of British soldiers in the city. The soldiers had
been sent to Boston to protect customs commissioners as they enforced
the recent, and highly unpopular, Townshend acts, which placed an
import tax on goods such as tea, glass, paper and other products from
England.... Click here to read more: http://historyofmassachusetts.org/the-boston-massacre/
