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The Boston Massacre was not a massacre but actually a street fight between a mob and a squad of British soldiers that ended with the deaths of five colonists. This picture was engraved, printed, and sold by Paul Revere but does not depict events as they actually happened.
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Boston Massacre; American Revolution; Revere, Paul; Boston; Civil Rights and Civil Liberties; Declaration of Independence; United States (History)
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