Boston Massacre Test

Identify what's in this engraving:

f

g

h

i

e

d

French officers

Colonists victims

New York city

Redcoat officers

Captain of redcoats

The moon

the sun

Boston town square

Colonists

Which detail establishes the time of day for this scene?

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

Captain Preston's Account and the History Channel's Reenactment shared which similarities?

• Redcoats tried to keep a distance with the crowd

• Shouting from BOTH the redcoats and crowd

• Redcoat officer struck by someone in the crowd

• Crowd hit first

Captain Preston's Account and Paul Revere's engraving shared which similarities?

• Redcoats were surrounded by the crowd

• Captain Preston ordered NOT to fire

• Redcoat officers shot down several colonists

• Crowd had weapons on them

The History Channel's reenactment, which is a secondary​ source, shows ​ (a)   as guilty parties in the situation.

Paul Revere's Engraving, which is a primary source, showed the ​ (b)   as the guilty party while the ​ (c)   were victims of the situation.

Captain Thomas Preston's account, which is also a primary source, showed the colonists as the ​ (d)   while the redcoats were the ​ (e)   of the situation.

• both the redcoats and colonists
• redcoats
• colonists
• guilty party
• victims

Organize these details into the sources the belong to:

Groups:

(a) Source #1 History Channel

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(b) Source #2 Revere's Engraving

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(c) Source #3: Preston's Account

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(d) All sources

• Redcoats were surrounded by the crowd
• Colonists have no weapons on them
• Event happens in downtown Boston
• Secondary source, not from the time period
• Snowballs thrown at redcoats
• Shots fired by the redcoats, some colonists died
• Captain of redcoats did not order men to fire
• Captian of redcoats orders men to fire
• Redcoats were insulted and dared to fire by the crowd
• Several redcoats hit by colonists
• Primary source - Redcoat perspective/bias
• Night time setting
• Private Montgomery hit by colonists
• Primary source - colonist perspective/bias
• Edward Garrick gets hit first
• No sign of snow on the ground
• Both sides are yelling at each other
• Crispus Attucks first colonist killed

The History Channel's Reenactment video setting could be described as ...

• Nighttime

• Day time

• In a city

• In a forest

• Cold weather

Edward Garrick, based on the History Channel's Reenactment video, was known for ...

• Shouting at redcoat officers at the front of the crowd

• Blending into the back line of the crowd

• First colonist hit by an officer

• First colonist to get killed by an officer

Private Hugh Montgomery, based on the History Channel's Reenactment Video, was known for ...

• first officer hit by a club from the colonists

• Captian of the redcoat officers

• First colonist hit by an officer

• Appears to shoot first among officers