The Boston Massacre
On March 5, 1770, British soldiers fired into a crowd of colonists, killing five people. Historians begin their study of the road to revolution here, at this very moment. Paul Revere created an engraving of the event that spread throughout the colonies.
Engraved, printed and sold by Paul Revere Jr. (American, 1734–1818), after Henry Pelham. 1770.
The Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York. Public domain.
Revere’s engraving showed orderly colonists facing soldiers firing on command. The caption read “Bloody Massacre.” Witnesses gave conflicting accounts of who provoked whom.
How did Revere’s image shape the way colonists understood what happened? Was this an accurate account or a persuasive one?
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