How was the boston massacre different from the battles of the revolutionary war

Explanation: The Boston Massacre was different from the Revolutionary War because the war had actual battles whereas the Boston Massacre wasn't a battle, it was started because of a brawl between a British officer, it was merely a beating. The colonists were in the wrong and shouldn't have been harassing the Redcoats but the British should not have fired into a crowd of unarmed men and boys after they "supposedly" heard the word fire and killed five men and wounded six.