1. Read pp. 61 - 64 in your textbook.
2. Read pp. "Common Sense" pp. 100- 106 in For the Record
3. Word process the answers to the questions at the end of Common Sense.
4. Look at the picture on the link on the blog explain how it's a piece of propaganda.
Paul Revere's Engraving of the Boston Massacre
Paul Revere's engraving of the Boston Massacre is a piece of propaganda because it exaggerates what actually happened in order to rile the colonists. In the picture, the colonists have confused expressions on their faces as they scramble to get away from the line of firing British soldiers. The soldiers have cruel smiles on their faces as they fire at the helpless civilians. The picture makes the British look like the aggressors, and the colonists look innocent. This picture could be used as a tool to make the colonists angry at the British in order to provoke a reaction against them.
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ReplyDeleteThe engraving of the Boston Massacre is a piece of propaganda because is not an accurate depiction of what actually happened. In reality the colonists attacked the troops with rocks and snowballs and the troops fired out of panic. Paul Revere's engraving makes the colonists look completely innocent. The picture also shows the British troops getting orders to fire at the colonists as if they are enemies at war. The dead colonists are very bloody to exaggerate their injustices and wounds. The picture shows a man looking at a soldier with his hand up to say stop, while a soldier aims his gun right in front of him which makes the soldiers look evil and as if they hate the colonists. This would make the colonists feel even less connected to England and persuade people to join the revolutionary cause.
Katie
ReplyDeleteThis engraving is a piece of propaganda because of the way it depicts the British. At the Boston Massacre, the colonists were provoking the British soldiers by throwing rocks and snowballs at them. However, this picture portrays the colonists as innocent victims of a violent attack by the British. The chaos and confusion shown in the colonist’s expressions and positions in the painting, and the organization shown by the positions of the soldiers makes the attack seem planned, as though the British had every intention of killing the colonists. By making the colonists look like the victims of the attack, Paul Revere fueled the anger in the colonies that the Colonists already had towards Britain. This picture could have also sent a false depiction of the British soldiers in Boston to the other colonies by being published in newspapers and pamphlets, which would have spread more hatred of England and the King.
Lily,
ReplyDeleteThe Boston Massacre poster is a piece of propaganda because the poster makes the small battle seem a lot bloodier than it actually was. Only a total of five colonists died during the battle. The poster was made to make the British look a lot worse than they were. It worked because the radical colonists were trying to make the British look like murderers. And that is how other colonists perceived the British, after the Boston Massacre. It increased the colonist hatred towards the British. This was one of the first violent acts that the British made, and it was the perfect opportunity for the colonists to make the British look like the bad guys.
Paul Revere's engraving of the Boston Massacre is an article of propaganda because it distorts the events that took place in order to gain the colonists sympathy. The British appear to be attacking ruthlessly, while the colonists seem weak and helpless against their force. The sharp expressions of the British soldiers contrast with nervous and timid ones of the Americans. The goal of the propaganda was to gain sympathy for the colonists by making the British into the violent enemy.
ReplyDeletePaul Revere's engraving is propaganda because it does not show what truly happened on that day. the picture makes it seem as if the colonists are the helpless victims and the British are ruthless murderers. In reality, the colonists were aggressors and the British were just defending their lives. This painting sends a message to the rest of the colonies that the British are bullying the colonists and they need to take a stand to defend themselves. The engraving was made this way to spread anger throughout the colonies.
ReplyDeleteThis engraving by Paul Revere is propaganda because it is extremely biased against the English. It shows only the British soldiers holding weapons while the Americans are left defenseless. American colonists are laying on the ground brutally injured with blood everywhere. In reality the British were not the only one who fought in the Boston Massacre. This engraving shows a message to the colonists that the British were cruel and brutal people who were against them. This helped fuel the revolution because the colonists had a untrue opinion of the British. -Melanie
ReplyDeletePaul Revere's engraving of the Boston Massacre is an article of propaganda because it demonstrates the inexplainable cruelty of the British towards the colonists. Propaganda is information or ideas spread widely to help harm a group or movement, etc. In the case of this picture it was used as propaganda to harm the hierarchy of Parliament. The engraving was printed for the public eye of America to witness how they could no longer trust Britain who was suppose to be protecting the colonists but rather hurting the innocent. Although it was an exaggeration shown through Paul Revere's eyes, it was used to spark the idea of the colonists need to fight for their independence.
ReplyDeletePaul Revere's engraving of the Boston Massacre is considered to be a piece of propaganda because the engraving does no accurately illustrate the event. In the engraving, the colonists are look defenseless against the British who appear to be firing at them violently. However, in reality, it was the colonists were the instigators, and the British were said to be protecting themselves from the threatening crowd. The facts of the day were never clear, but propaganda like this was published across the colonies to over exaggerate the event and turn the colonists against Great Britain.
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ReplyDeletePaul Revere's engraving of the Boston Massacre is a piece of propaganda because it presents a biased and exaggerated view of the events that occurred on March 5, 1770. The engraving hopes to trigger an emotional reaction from the world that rallies support behind the colonies by displaying the colonists with innocence and the British troops with brutality. In actuality, on March 5, 1770 a mob of colonists verbally abused and harassed a group of British troops in Boston and in defense the troops fired into the crowd, killing five people. However, due to the manipulation presented in Paul Revere’s propaganda, many colonists received a distorted version of had what happened during the Boston Massacre.
Paul Revere's engraving, "The Bloody Massacre", is considered a piece of propaganda because it depicts a very biased view of the Boston Massacre. In the photo, it appears as if the British red coats are attacking the colonists brutally and without reason. Based upon my past knowledge of the Boston Massacre, I believe that the colonists formed a mob and were harassing the British soldiers who were on guard duty, and a fairly small number of people were killed in the British's retaliation. The photo is attempting to make people feel sympathy for the colonists, who appear as if they are being cruelly ambushed. The expressions on the British's faces appear almost evil; many of them have a slight smile, and the colonists appear helpless and pleading for the British to stop. Based upon these images, an onlooker would most likely side with the colonists. Also, the image can be used to rally up hatred and negative emotions towards the British, giving colonists more of a reason to defy the British.
ReplyDeletePaul Revere's engraving of the Boston Massacre is a piece of propaganda because the poster has an obvious bias towards making the Colonists look like victims of the situation. First of all, the title, “The Bloody Massacre”, is propaganda. When you read the title you assume that there must have been a lot of blood shed and losses for the Colonists. But, if you read the fine print on the poster, you will find that only six lives were lost. Also, visually the poster is propaganda. The poster depicts the British lined up and shooting at the Colonists execution style, when in all actuality, that was probably not the case. Lastly, the visual dramatization of the deaths also would qualify as propaganda because it makes the death seem more brutal then they most likely were.
ReplyDeleteSamuel Adam's engraving is propaganda because it only shows one side of the story. He depicts that an event happened that is in the colonists favor, although no one really knows for sure what happened on that day. The way the soldiers are shown lined up shooting at the colonists is not what happened, there was a commotion and shots were fired. Adams created this in order to put the people reading the newspaper on the colonists side whether it is really what happened or not.
ReplyDeletePaul Revere's engraving of the Boston Massacre is propaganda because of the way it depicts the British and the colonists. In the engraving, the British are put across as the 'bad guys' and the colonists as the 'innocent ones', since the British are apparently killing a group of defenseless, innocent colonists. The purpose of propaganda is to distort the facts and make it seem like there is an obvious belief that everyone should uphold. In this case, this engraving is considered propaganda because the shooting was actually very unclear in the actual event; it could even be considered a mistake. However, this engraving makes it seem like the British were horrible people who were out to sabotage America. That way, anyone who sees this, especially fellow colonists, would want to supports the rebellion.
ReplyDeleteAnother part of the picture that would make viewers support the colonists was the harshness of the engraving. The British all had very uniform and intimidating features, including their uniforms, and stances. Also, on the colonists' side, there is a lot of blood and chaos with people collapsing and leaning on each other. This makes the misconstrued event seem real and even more horrible than it actually was.
--Holly
ReplyDeletePropaganda is the spreading of information and/or ideas, usually of a false nature, to help or harm a certain group of people or cause. What came to be known as the Boston Massacre was a crucial point in the moments prior to the American Revolution for pamphleteers and propagandists; their goal was to inflame colonists’ emotions against the British. One particular engraving that was successful in creating this inflamed sense of emotion was Paul Revere’s “The Bloody Massacre”. Although the true events of the Boston Massacre are unclear, it was believed to have been started by young boys verbally and physically taunting British redcoats stationed in Boston. Eventually the crowd grew larger, and the redcoats fired their guns out of panic, leaving five Americans dead. However, Revere’s engraving depicts a much different story. His redcoats are standing in a line receiving the order from a redcoat to their rear to open fire on the seemingly innocent colonist bystanders. Puffs of smoke surround the soldiers’ muskets, suggesting their fire was heavy and consistent; the smoke also surrounds the first layer of colonists, to solidify the biased idea that the redcoats were aiming to harm the Massachusetts colonists. Beneath the smoke, lay two dead colonists covered in blood, while two more colonists are carrying another injured one away from the scene; these colonists’ actions make them appear admirable and caring, and united to save their own people from the seemingly vicious actions of the British. This propagandistic depiction of the Boston Massacre not only successfully puts British redcoats in a bad light; it additionally puts Massachusetts’ colonists in a good light in the eyes of its fellow colonies in an attempt to gain support against Britain from those colonies.
The picture is a piece of propoganda because it does not acurrately or realisitically portray the actual events of the Boston Massacre. Less than 10 people actually died, but this picture makes it seem as if the British killed many in this bloody battle. The dog, along with the woman in the background, make it seem as if many innocent people were involved that should not have been. The smoke surrounding the British soldier's guns make it seem as if they were shooting "rapid fire" at too many innocent colonists. This picture does a very convincing job of making the British troops seem like the bad guys, and even though there were people that died, the actual event was not nearly as chaotic or bloody as it seems in the picture.
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ReplyDeletePaul Revere's Engraving of the Boston Massacre is a piece of propaganda because of the way the picture looks and what that made the colonists think. The engraving depicts a wall of seven British soliders firing guns at a mob of weaponless colonists. There is another British solider standing behind the ones with weapons that looks like he could be giving orders. It appears as if the colonists are not fighting back at all. Also, there is a lot of smoke and blood. In the top left corner of the engraving, a cresent moon can be seen. This would indicate that the event happened in the evening or at night. Propaganda is when media is used to influence a group to think a certain way, often the message being negative and not necessarily true. This picture can be called propaganda because for the colonists it looks like the British soliders opened fire on the helpless colonists. It made colonists think that British were bad and mean people. Also things that happen always seem scarier at night. For all of these reasons it can be said that Paul Revere's engraving of the Boston Massacre was propaganda.