On the evening of March 5, 1770 an angry mob of Colonist men began to form. Thangered men began to throw objects such as snowballs, rocks, etc. at the British soldiers. A british soldier fell and shots were fired. The whole scene became chaotic in a snap. After the crowd cleared up only five Colonists laid dead. Paul Revere’s engraving “The Boston Massacre” functions as a piece of propaganda because it makes people want to fight for a cause and helps promote war. In Paul Revere’s engraving the image shows the Captain of the British soldiers behind them with his sword up giving orders. However, in Captain Prescott’s Testimony, he explains that he wasn’t behind the soldiers nor was he giving orders. “went myself to prevent, if possible,