Okay, a fight broke out between a colonist and a redcoat, right? Well, the redcoat got offended and punched the colonist in the face. Then, a group of colonists gathered around the redcoat and started throwing snow at him. Then, more troops came. The colonists dared them to open fire, and they did. One man named Crispus Attucks died instantly, and two more died in a few days.
Paul revere painted a picture of this massacre, as shown above. It is titled The Bloody Massacre perpetrated in King Street. He managed to use this as propaganda against the Redcoats.
It would seem these redcoats want a war with us.
Image: http://www.earlyamerica.com/review/winter96/massacre.html, 11/17/11
Info: General Info: White, Deverall, United states history: Beginnings to 1877, page 101
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