1775 Westminster Massacre

Target entity: 1775 Westminster Massacre
Context triple: [Westminster, Vermont, knownFor, 1775 Westminster Massacre]

• A. Boston Massacre
  The Boston Massacre was a deadly confrontation between British soldiers and American colonists in 1770 that intensified anti-British sentiment and helped spark the American Revolution.
• B. Paoli Massacre
  The Paoli Massacre was a brutal nighttime bayonet attack by British forces on Continental Army troops in 1777 during the American Revolutionary War, remembered for its ferocity and lack of quarter.
• C. Cherry Valley raid
  The Cherry Valley raid was a brutal 1778 attack during the American Revolutionary War in which Loyalist and Iroquois forces massacred settlers in Cherry Valley, New York.
• D. Boston revolt of 1689
  The Boston revolt of 1689 was a popular uprising in colonial Massachusetts in which local leaders overthrew the Dominion of New England’s unpopular royal government amid the wider Glorious Revolution.
• E. Charleston Tea Party
  The Charleston Tea Party was a 1773 colonial protest in Charleston, South Carolina, in which residents seized and stored taxed British tea rather than allow its sale, reflecting growing resistance that paralleled the more famous Boston Tea Party.
• F. None of above. chosen
• G. Unsure - the case is ambiguous/there is not enough information to decide.

Target entity: 1775 Westminster Massacre
Target entity description: The 1775 Westminster Massacre was a pre-Revolutionary conflict in Westminster, Vermont, where colonial protesters were fired upon by British-aligned authorities during a courthouse takeover, helping fuel anti-British sentiment in the region.

• A. Boston Massacre
  The Boston Massacre was a deadly confrontation between British soldiers and American colonists in 1770 that intensified anti-British sentiment and helped spark the American Revolution.
• B. Paoli Massacre
  The Paoli Massacre was a brutal nighttime bayonet attack by British forces on Continental Army troops in 1777 during the American Revolutionary War, remembered for its ferocity and lack of quarter.
• C. Cherry Valley raid
  The Cherry Valley raid was a brutal 1778 attack during the American Revolutionary War in which Loyalist and Iroquois forces massacred settlers in Cherry Valley, New York.
• D. Boston revolt of 1689
  The Boston revolt of 1689 was a popular uprising in colonial Massachusetts in which local leaders overthrew the Dominion of New England’s unpopular royal government amid the wider Glorious Revolution.
• E. Charleston Tea Party
  The Charleston Tea Party was a 1773 colonial protest in Charleston, South Carolina, in which residents seized and stored taxed British tea rather than allow its sale, reflecting growing resistance that paralleled the more famous Boston Tea Party.
• F. None of above. chosen