History

Alonso Haas

8 November, 10:27

Which is true of the Boston Massacre?

A. A group of British soldiers attacked a small crowd of colonists who were peacefully protesting the tax on tea; the soldiers killed five colonists.

B. The soldiers who fired into a protesting crowd of colonists were tried for murder, convicted, and hanged.

C. A group of British soldiers attempted to arrest a group who had been caught smuggling tea to avoid the tax; the soldiers killed or wounded several colonists.

D. A small crowd of colonists, angry about the tea tax, surrounded a group of British soldiers who became frightened and fired on the colonists.