The Boston Massacre

On March 5th, 1770, a group of colonists started throwing snowball and rocks to some British soldiers who were guarding the Boston custum houses. The soldiers were had been ordered not to fire at the colonists, but out of nervousness and self-defense they started to fire at the colonists. That night 5 colonists were killed. Amoung them was Crispus Attucks, who was believed to have been a run away slave working as a soldier.