<a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Boston_Massacre" id="mwPQ" rel="mw:WikiLink" title="Boston Massacre">Boston Massacre</a>: Five Americans, including <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Crispus_Attucks" id="mwPg" rel="mw:WikiLink" title="Crispus Attucks">Crispus Attucks</a>, are fatally shot by British troops in an event that would contribute to the outbreak of the <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/American_Revolutionary_War" id="mwPw" rel="mw:WikiLink" title="American Revolutionary War">American Revolutionary War</a> (also known as the American War of Independence) five years later.