Which is true of the boston massacre?
a. a group of british soldiers attacked a small crowd of colonists who were peacefully protesting the tax on tea; the soldiers killed five colonists.

b. the soldiers who fired into a protesting crowd of colonists were tried for murder, convicted, and hanged.

c. a group of british soldiers attempted to arrest a group who had been caught smuggling tea to avoid the tax; the soldiers killed or wounded several colonists.

d. a small crowd of colonists, angry about the tea tax, surrounded a group of british soldiers who became frightened and fired on the colonists.