Popular Answers. As rightly stated by Igor an Eric above, quantiles (sometimes labelled n-tiles) is a generic term meaning the splitting of a statistical distribution in groups of equal size, be it quintiles, quartiles, percentiles or whatever-tiles...
The Boston Massacre was not really a massacre. It was a riot turned out of control. Less than 10 British soldiers who were trying to uphold the law were surrounded by a mob of â¦ angry colonists who were taunting them and throwing things at them. They were surrounded and a shot was fired.
History >> American Revolution. The Boston Massacre occurred on March 5, 1770 when British soldiers in Boston opened fire on a group of American colonists killing five men. Townshend Acts. Prior to the Boston Massacre the British had instituted a number of new taxes on the American colonies including taxes on tea, glass, paper, paint, and lead. These taxes were part of a group of laws called the Townshend Acts.