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__ **The Boston Massacre ** __

// This picture is of the massacre it's self. It was made by Paul Revere, and published in a newspaper with in the same year. //

Paul Revere painted this picture of the massacre in 1770, the same year the event took place. During the time of the painting, 700 troops were sent to Boston to enforce the tax and protect tax collectors. The Townsend Act, whiched forced colonists to pay the saleries of British soldiers in America, was put into effect prior to the event in the picture. After the massacre, tensions between Britain and the colonies increased tremendously. In this painting, there are British soldiers firing violently at Patriots. This picture looks more exaggerated than what the event is told to be, probably to continue encouraging protest against Britain from the colonists. This is probably because the artist was a Patriot himself. There are people bleeding and dying on the ground, displaying a great amount of violence and suffering. The information in this painting relates to our research because it shows the British soldiers firing into a crowd of Patriots. What it doesn't show is the taunting of the colonists. It also favors the opinion of the Patriots by making it look very brutal and barbaric.

-The Boston Massacre was a conflict between the British soldiers and Bostonians. The Bostonians began taunting the soldiers by throwing snowballs at them, which resulted in the soldiers firing into a crowd of people.
 * **__ What is the Boston Massacre? __**

-The Boston Massacre took place on King Street (present day 15 State Street) in front of the Custom House the night of March 5,1770.
 * **__ When and where did the Boston Massacre occur? __**

// This is a map of Boston in 1795. The star is the site of the Boston Massacre. //

-Since it was thought of as an attack on an innocent group of people, the colonists formed angry and fearful opinions of the British, giving them another reason to rebel, which contributed to the start of the Revolution.
 * **__ How did the Boston Massacre impact the Revolution? __**

-There were five people killed and eleven wounded as a result of the attack. People became very angry with the soldiers' actions which caused even more tension between the colonies and Britain.
 * **__ What was the massacre's outcome? __**

-The Boston Massacre led to the Revolution which gave us the independence we have in America today.
 * **__ How does this event impact us today? __**

__ Citations: __ __Research site__: Arrison, Julie. "Boston Massacre". In Campell Ballard C., Ph.D., gen. ed. Disasters, Accidents, and Crises in American History. New York: Facts on File, Inc., 2008.

__Information(book):__ Dickinson, Alice. __The Boston Massacre__,New York,N.Y.:Franklin Watts, INC.,1968. Print.

__Picture Information(sc3):__ "Boston Massacre." //American History Online//. Facts On File, Inc. [] ItemID=WE52&iPin=AHI1332&SingleRecord=True (accessed September 17, 2011).

__Top image:__ "Boston Massacre" Paul Revere. Library of Congress. Prints and Photographs Division. Engraving with watercolor. American History Online. Facts on File, Inc. []?

__Map:__ __A New Plan of Bosto____n.__Map. Boston:Osgood Carleton,1796. Print.