History: The "Boston Massacre" (5 March 1770) killed only 5 peop…

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Did you know? The "Boston Massacre" (5 March 1770) killed only 5 people — a skirmish, not a mass murder. But Paul Revere's propaganda engraving ("The Bloody Massacre in King-Street") made it into a revolutionary flashpoint. The British soldiers were defended by John Adams (later president); 6 were acquitted, 2 found guilty.

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The "Boston Massacre" (5 March 1770) killed only 5 people — a skirmish, not a mass murder. But Paul Revere's propaganda engraving ("The Bloody Massacre in King-Street") made it into a revolutionary flashpoint. The British soldiers were defended by John Adams (later president); 6 were acquitted, 2 found guilty.

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