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Q: What did the British citizens do as the British soldiers approached them during the Boston Massacre?
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What did the crowd do in the Boston massacre as the British soldiers approached them?

They provoked the soldiers and threw things at them!


Why did Samuel Adams call the event where british soldiers killed 5 Boston citizens the Boston massacre?

He used the term massacre essentially to get people's attention and inspire rage towards the British in the colonists.


In court I defended British soldiers who were in the Boston massacre. Who am I?

If you defended British soldiers who were in the Boston Massacre in court, you are John Adams.


Who was the Boston massacre fought between?

The Bostonn Massacre was fought between minutemen (citizens of the American colonies who vlouteered to be ready for battle in "minutes") and British soldiers on patrol duty.


Who defend the British from the Boston massacre?

no one did. The boston Massacre happened in new England not in England. Now if you asked who stopped the British soldiers from massacring british citizens living in north america at the time the answer would be no one. They fired into a crowd.


What role did john Adam play after the Boston massacre?

John Adams defended the British soldiers who were arrested after the Boston massacre.


What way did the Boston Massacre differ from earlier protesters?

It was the first time the British Soldiers fired upon American citizens, killing 5 people.


What was the shooting of 5 Bostonians by British soldiers?

The Boston Massacre is the incident in which five soldiers were shot by British soldiers in 1770.


Why did the british soldiers kill colonists in the Boston massacre?

Because the British soldiers hated the colonists' guts.


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Why did Sam Adams name it the Boston Massacre?

The Boston Massacre was an event that took place on March 5, 1770 where British Armed Troops opened fire on a small mob of Boston citizens who were crowding around the soldiers and threatening them. The soldiers killed five citizens. And the Sons of liberty wanted to make the British look bad so they named it the Boston Massacre.


When british soldiers fired into an angry crowd of townspeople what was it called?

boston massacre?