boston massacre

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Definition of boston massacre in English English dictionary

one of the events that started the American Revolutionary War. In 1770 a group of Boston citizens, who were angry because the British army was in their town, threatened a British soldier. Other soldiers fired their guns into the crowd, killing five people. Skirmish on March 5, 1770, between British troops and a crowd in Boston. After provocation by the colonists, British soldiers fired on the mob and killed five men, including Crispus Attucks. The incident was widely publicized by Samuel Adams, Paul Revere, and others as a battle for American liberty, and it contributed to the unpopularity of the British in the years before the American Revolution

event which occurred on the 5th of March 1770 in which young American Colonists taunted British troops and the British troops retaliated by shooting and killing 5 people (one of the events that lead to the American Revolution)

Hyphenation

bos·ton mas·sa·cre

Turkish pronunciation

bôstın mäsıkır

Pronunciation

/ˈbôstən ˈmasəkər/ /ˈbɔːstən ˈmæsəkɜr/