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What happen after British soldiers killed five colonists for the Boston massacre

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Question: What happened after British soldiers killed five colonists in the Boston Massacre?

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Eight soldiers, one officer, and four civilians were arrested and charged with murder, and they were defended by future U.S. President John Adams. Six of the soldiers were acquitted; the other two were convicted of manslaughter and given reduced sentences.

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the sons of liberty used it as leverage and overdramatized it to get more people to join their cause, calling it a massacre and saying that the men were ordered to fire when they weren't

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