In 1770 tensions were high between civilians living in Boston and British soldiers enforcing very unpopular British tax laws. On March 5th, after an angry group of civilians gathered around them, British soldiers fired into the crowd killing five people. Two of the soldiers were subsequently found guilty of manslaughter and sentenced to branding of their thumbs with an “M” for murder.
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