What was the MOST significant consequence of the Boston Massacre of March 1770?
A) the creation of a committee of correspondence to encourage resistance in other colonies and mobilize Bostonian anger towards British rule
B) a criminal trial of the British soldiers involved resulting in the soldiers being found guilty of murder
C) a complete reevaluation of British colonial tax and military policy in North America
D) the replacement of the royal governor of Massachusetts
Answer: A
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