Oh no they didn't...

Speaking of tense...March 5, 1770 was a day that bubbled over and blood was shed. this was the day of the Boston Massacre.



It started out with Colonists heckling and throwing snowballs at British soldiers.




And then the soldiers responded by firing their muskets into the crowd....snowballs, bullets, seems reasonable.

Five people lost their lives, which really isn't a massacre, but massacre is a great word for propaganda.