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When thinking about the Boston Massacre, this print definitely comes to mind. This iconic print by Paul Revere helped push more of an anti-British public opinion among the colonists who were already fed up with the constant bombardment of taxes being issued from Great Britain. On a cold evening on March 5, 1770, sailors began to throw rocks and snowballs at British soldiers. Many British soldiers were in Boston in 1770 due to high tension between the Great Britain and the colonists. Shots were fired resulting in five sailor deaths, including Crispus Attucks, an African American who would be remembered for his bravery.
Paul Revere’s print is an example of American propaganda, trying to persuade colonists that it was time to stand up to the suffocating British. By looking at his print, one thing that I noticed was that I could not find Crispus Attucks. While he was in the print, he was not painted African-American. Another interesting aspect of Revere’s print was that he had the British soldiers in a line pointing their guns at the defenseless colonists. History says that the British were not the aggressors, rather it was the snowball-throwing colonists. Adding to that point, there is no snow on the ground for the colonists to pick up in Revere’s print.
The Boston Massacre played a huge role that led to the American Revolution. Paul Revere took a chance and it added fuel to the Patriot cause. While war did not start right after, revolt was in the Boston air. The Boston Massacre showed that British and colonist cooperation could no longer exist. I agree with my classmate Andre Escalante that cultural distinctions between the British and the colonists continued to grow. I believe there was an evident growing difference on how to run the colonies. Lastly, I found it interesting that this event was labeled as a massacre when only five men died. I believe that by using the term massacre, it was more propaganda to show how horrible the British treated colonists and it was finally time to kick them out of Boston and the rest of the colonies.