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What happened during the Boston massacre in 1770

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Answer: The first blood was shed between British soldiers and an American mob

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The Boston Massacre occurred when British soldiers accidentally fired on a protesting American mob in 1770.

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The Boston Massacre was a street fight between a "patriot" mob and British soldiers. Several colonists were killed and this led to a campaign by speech-writers to rouse the ire of the citizenry.
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