Boston Massacre: Engraving source

What happened?! ...
Who's responsible?

Source #2: Paul Revere's Engraving

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How do perspectives change the truth in stories?

Think about how the different camera angles showed different stories of the man running down the sidewalk

List 10 details you see/notice in the engaving

Labelling

Identify what's in this engraving:

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French officers

Colonists

The moon

Colonists victims

Redcoat officers

New York city

Captain of redcoats

Boston town square

the sun

Hotspot

Which detail establishes the time of day for this scene?

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Which detail reveals that the redcoats were ordered to shoot the colonists??

Poll

Based on the engraving, do the colonists posess weapons?

Remember: The History Channel Reenactment showed a club struck one of the officers.

• No weapons for the colonists

• I can see a weapon in the colonists' possession

Poll

Based on the engraving, how many colonists were killed in the scene?

Remember: The History Channel Reenactment said at least 4 colonists were shot dead.

• None

• 1 dead

• 2 dead

• 3 dead

• 4 dead

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showed the ​

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as the villians of the scene while the ​

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were the victims of the scene.



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showed ​

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as guilty in some capacity.

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Paul Revere's engraving

Redcoats

colonists

The History channel's reenactment

both sides

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Options (9)

Edward Garrick gets hit first

Captian of redcoats orders men to fire

Private Montgomery hit by colonists

Setting: night time

At least 4 colonists dead

Redcoats lined up, shoulder to shoulder to fire at colonists

Crispus Attucks first colonist killed

Colonists have no weapons on them

Both sides are yelling at each other

Organize these details into the sources the belong to so far:

Source #1 History Channel

Source #2 Revere's Engraving

Both sources

Open Ended

Based on Paul Revere's engraving, what happened and who's responsible?