Boston Massacre

Crispus Attucks

The African-Native American man who was the first man to die in the Boston Massacre, also considered the first death in the Revolutionary War

Propaganda

Ideas spread to influence public opinion for or against a cause.

Paul Revere

American silversmith remembered for his midnight ride (celebrated in a poem by Longfellow) to warn the colonists in Lexington and Concord that British troops were coming (1735-1818). Also created a famous picture of the Boston Massacre

point of view

the perspective from which a story is told

Boston Massacre (March 5, 1770)

Unhappy with the taxes Parliament imposed on the colonies, colonists in

Boston gathered in a crowd and began taunting British soldiers and throwing snowballs. As a result, British soldiers fired into the crowd killing five people.

Boston

Capital of Massachusetts

massacre

cruel killing of a large number of people

Bias

prejudice in favor of or against one thing, person, or group compared with another, usually in a way considered to be unfair.