The Boston Massacre Colonial Propaganda
What Led up to the Boston Massacre? Townshend Acts (1767) Writs of Assistance Quartering Act Mass. Legislator attacks “taxation without representation” Mass. assembly dissolved Protests
March 5, 1770 Angry Crowd gathers outside customs house colonists yell insults and throw snowballs Soldier slips--gun discharges Five Colonists dead
After Effects Right to a fair trial? John Adams and Josiah Quincy defend the soldiers Two soldiers convicted of lesser charge Branded on their thumbs and released
Propaganda How is it a piece of propaganda? Other pieces of Propaganda— World War I and II posters Military recruitment posters