what is a massacre? is boston massacre an accurate an accurate name for what happened? explain your answer

A massacre is an indiscriminate and brutal slaughter of people.

The Massacre and the Boston massacre are discussed below.

Explanation:

The massacre is the killing of the huge number of masses without giving any prior warning to them. It could be state-sponsored too.

The Boston massacre

A British soldier was standing alone and guarding then he argued with colonists and struck him. A crowd gathered around the soldiers and started throwing snowballs and shouting insulting slogans. As more troops arrived colonists started shouting them fire us if you dare. Suddenly one soldier fired at the crowd and three people died in this incident. If you see technically the Boston massacre was not a Massacre.