On March 5, 1770 the british attacked a mob of unarmed colonists who were protesting having British troops in their city. The Captain sent more men to guard the building were the people were protesting, which provoked the citizens to throw snowballs and other objects at the guards. Sadly the guards started to fire their weapons killing 5 people. These five men were thought of as the first deaths of the American Revolutionary War. The Patriots later described the Boston Massacre as a battle for liberty which helped the colonists to develop negative feelings toward the british troops and the king.
