The Boston Massacre
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- This resulted in 5 colonists getting killed and 6 who were wounded.
- On March 5th, 1770 on Kings Street in Boston, Massachusetts Bay, a British soldier guards the King's fortune stored inside the Custom House. American colonists begin to insult and threaten him.
- YOU RED COATS-
- HEY! I'M ONLY GAURDING THE KINGS MONEY!
- Ill Show YOU!!
- STOP THE TAXATION!!
- Stop the ice!
- Paul Revere, an American patriot engraved this incident into a wood print . However, what is shown in this image isn't accurate to the event.
- Other British join, and other colonists join to protest against the taxation and start pelting the British soldiers with ice and stones. It becomes a free-for-all.
- Help!?
- Hit them!
- Stop the stones
- No taxation without representation!
- Colored copies of that image was spread around the 13 colonies to drive propaganda.
- In this scuffle, shots are fired from British soldiers.
- THE BOSTON MASSACRE.
- We weren't standing in a single file!
- the colonist look like gentlemen.
- Boston Massacre
- We look like the most oppressive.
- We look like the instigators.
- PROPOGANDA!
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