The Bloody Boston Massacre: The Cause Of The American Revolution

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The last thing that really ticks me off is the bloody Boston Massacre. The other day England sent over 1000 red coats due to all the protests and resistant in the colonies. When the soldiers walked off the ships tension grew. A group of colonists started to form and it rapidly grew as time passed. Soon the soldiers were angry with the colonists riot. Out of nowhere a shot was fired by a red coat and a couple of bodies started to fall. The shots sent the crowd running in chaos including myself. The shot that struck innocent colonists was the start to a new

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