Question

scene #3 old state house -- boston, massachusetts
lipton overboard broke into the famed old state house, the site of the boston massacre, and has changed the history of the event. a security guard also noticed fifty bricks were stolen.
a massacre
in the overview of the boston massacre, items have been changed. circle the mistakes. how many sections have at least one mistake?

1. on the cold, snowy night of march 5, 1870, a mob of american colonists began taunting the british soldiers guarding the building. they chanted

ananana hey, hey, hey, goodbye\. the protesters, who called themselves patriots, were protesting the occupation of their city by british troops.

1. these troops were sent to boston to enforce the unpopular tea acts. to the americans, this was \more taxation without representation\.
2. the british captain thomas preston ordered his men to fix their bayonets. the colonists responded by throwing snowballs and other objects at the british regulars, and private hugh montgomery was hit, leading him to discharge his rifle at the crowd.
3. this sparked chaos. five patriots died. an african - american man, crispus attucks, was protesting and is considered the first casualty of the american revolution. preston and his men were tried for murder. future president john adams was a lawyer in their defense. preston and six of his men were acquitted, but two others were found guilty because it was clear they fired directly into the crowd. these two men were branded on their thumbs.

how many of the four sections contain errors?
1 c
2 d
3 r
4 s

Explanation:

1. The date in section i is incorrect. The Boston Massacre occurred on March 5, 1770, not 1870.
2. The troops were sent to enforce the Townshend Acts, not the Tea Acts as stated in section ii.
3. Section iii and iv have no historical - fact errors.

Answer:

2