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Boston Massacre Vs Kent State Massacre
The Boston Massacre VS. The Kent State Massacre By studying both the Boston Massacre and the Kent State Massacre, I have decided that through my research that the Kent State Massacre was the only real massacre between these two events. The citizens in both the Boston Massacre and the Kent State Massacre were not armed. The soldiers in both, the Boston Massacre and The Kent State Massacre were not acting in self defense. Both of these incidents could have been avoided. The reason why the Kent State Massacre is the only true massacre between these two happenings is because by definition a massacre is the unnecessary killing of a large number of human beings and because the colonist in the Boston Massacre provoked the British troops by verbally

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