Boston Massacre Propaganda Analysis

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You made a great point on the propaganda used in the etching. In many ways, Paul Revere was trying to invoke emotions in the colonists in order to support his own views of the British. The use of the words favage and murd’rous give a dark tone on the Boston Massacre. The British did in fact kill only 5 people, yet the etching made it seem as if it were thousands. This over exaggeration worked in Revere’s favor as that was his intended goal. Due to the etching the colonists wanted revenge. All in all, can we really call the Boston Massacre a massacre?

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