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If only five colonists were killed in the Boston Massacre, why was it termed a massacre?

a. People didn't understand what a massacre was then.
b. The British army wanted to exaggerate the incident to citizens back in England to show how uncivilized the colonists were.
c. The Boston Gazette wanted to exaggerate the incident to increase support for the anti-British cause.
d. The word massacre typically means the killing of 5 to 10 individual

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C. The Boston Gazette wanted to exaggerate the event to increase support for the anti-British cause.
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