What Happened in the Boston Massacre

question 31

Multiple Choice

What happened in the Boston Massacre?

• A) A large force of British troops ruthlessly fired on unarmed civilians, killing fifty.
• B) An unpopular customs informer killed two young boys when he fired birdshot at several children bombarding his house with rocks.
• C) A fictitious confrontation, invented by Samuel Adams, took place between British troops and Boston citizens.
• D) Unemployed Boston fishermen ambushed a squad of British soldiers, killing them and twenty innocent bystanders.
• E) Bostonians hurled objects at British soldiers, who then fired and killed five citizens.

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