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Overview In this lesson, students will be asked to learn about the Boston Massacre and to analyze Paul Revere’s depiction of the event in the engraving The Bloody Massacre in King Street. This lesson will provide students with an opportunity to look at disparate representations of so-called historical facts surrounding a famous event and will ...
Background. On the night of March 5, 1770, American colonists attacked British soldiers in Boston, which resulted in the soldiers firing on the crowd and killing five of the colonists. This event became known as the Boston Massacre, a rallying point for colonists against the stationing and quartering of British troops throughout the colonies ...
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Use the Image Comparison Tool to compare engravings of the Boston Massacre in the MHS collections side-by-side. Images include: State Street, 1801: James Brown Marston's painting depicts the site of the Boston Massacre, in front of the old State House (then known as the Town House). "King Street" was renamed "State Street" in 1784, following ...
Apr 6, 2020 · Boston Massacre: RAFT Writing-Using the RAFT handout, write a letter from the perspective of someone at the time. In your letter, include your role, audience, form and topic. In your letter ...
Imagining the Boston Massacre asks students to consider images of the one of the most important and controversial events of the Revolutionary era. This lesson invites students to examine and interpret depictions of the Boston Massacre—the deadly confrontation between Bostonians and British troops on the evening of March 5, 1770—by examining ...
The British called the event “The Incident on King Street” and tried to quell tensions in Boston. British troops were removed from the city, and those involved in the massacre were arrested and charged with murder. For the Patriot side, propaganda about the Boston Massacre was very effective.
When the Stamp Act and Townshend Acts were enforced, the Bostonians rebelled and coined the cry, “No taxation without representation.”. There were many arguments between angry Bostonians and British soldiers as well as with angry Bostonians and Bostonians who were loyal to the British, these people were called loyalists.
