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describe the events of the Boston Massacre
What is
1.a large crowd of angry colonists gathered near several British soldiers
2.colonists shouted and threw rocks and snowballs at the soldiers
3. when the crowd moved forward they knocked down some of the soldiers
4. soldiers opened fire
5. three colonists were killed on the spot and two others died later
6. among the dead an African American sailor named Crispus Attucks - it was thought he was the first person killed in the fight for the colonies' freedom