1. The Boston Massacre

2. True Massacre? Massacre:
The act or an instance of killing a number of usually helpless or unresisting human beings under circumstances of atrocity or cruelty
Daniele da Volterra

3. Or Propaganda? Propaganda:
The spreading of ideas, information, or rumor for the purpose of helping or injuring an institution, a cause, or a person

4. What Happened?
March 5, 1770
Children Passing by the Custom House began throwing snowballs at a British sentry
A mob formed, throwing stones and sticks
1 British soldier fired, causing panic
End Result, 5 dead and 6 wounded colonists

5. Events leading up to Conflict
Quartering Act- forced colonists to house and feed British soldiers
Incident at Ropewalk- March 2, 1770 disagreement between dockworker and soldier led to violence
General fear of British Soldiers restricting Colonists Rights.

6. Who was Paul Revere?
Artist
Horseman
Silversmith
Son of Liberty

7. Paul Revere’s Boston Massacre

8. What do you See? Who is attacking who? Are the Colonists Armed
How does the painting make you feel?

9. Another view of the massacre
John Pufford, ca 1856

10. What do you see?
What are the differences between this picture and Paul Revere’s?
How does this picture make you feel about the Colonists and the British Soldiers?

12. Conclusions Which depiction do you feel is more accurate?
What do you feel were Paul Revere’s motives in painting “The Boston Massacre”?
Do you think Revere’s Painting helped develop a revolutionary spirit among the Colonists?