Massacre: The Boston Massacre

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The Boston Massacre is a key point in American history. There is no doubt that the Boston Massacre played an important role on our fight for independence from England and started our nations journey on the path towards freedom. However, there is a doubt that the Boston Massacre was not really a massacre at all, it was just an incident that occurred on King street. First to understand why this is a debate, one must understand what a massacre actually is. The definition of a massacre is the deliberate and brutal slaughter of a large number of people who are typically helpless and cannot retaliate. At the so called Boston Massacre, five citizens died: five. Now, as one could see the amount of people who died does not fit the number of a massacre.