How did colonists leaders use the Boston massacre as propaganda?

Answer 1

Answer 1

Americans have always needed a "catalyst" to go to war. An event of such magnitude as to awaken us from our slumber. The Leopard-Chesapeake Affair for the War of 1812,the sinking of the USS Maine for the Spanish-American War, the sinking of the Lusitania and the Zimmermann Telegram for WWI, Pearl Harbor for WWII, 9-11 for the current war in Iraq, etc. The Boston branch of the Sons of Liberty, led by Sam Adams hoped that the Boston Massacre was going to be the catalyst for the Revolution. It didn't quite make it. The incident may have been instigated by Adams and his group, and the successful defense of the accused British soldiers by Sam's cousin, John Adams helped diffuse the situation. Nevertheless it was the first time that colonial blood had been spilled by British troops and for that fact alone it is certainly noteworthy. The Boston Massacre was outstanding propaganda material for the patriot cause because it allowed all of the colonies to share in the pain, outrage, and fear experienced by the peoples of Boston and Massachusetts.The Sons of Liberty were particularly adept at spreading such propaganda and using it to fan the embers of Revolution.

Answer 2

The Boston Massacre wasn't really British soldiers firing on innocent colonist, it was a group of drunkards and angry colonists throwing rocks and beer bottles at British soldiers, the colonists had cornered the soldiers and the soldiers fired at the colonists from fear of their lives and killed five of the colonists, Paul Revere caught this moment in a etching and labeled it the "Boston Massacre" thus causing a major uproar throughout the colonies and the Sons of Liberty took advantage of this anger and turned the colonists against the British peoples.

Answer 2

The Boston Massacre presented a good opportunity for the Colonists to use Propaganda against the British because the event would stir the Colonists to action. They made it seem as if the British were unprovoked and opened fire on the residents just for fun. The Colonists used this to show that there was no evil the British would not commit to keep the colonies under firm control.

Answer 3

The Colonial Leaders used the Boston Massacre as a propaganda by... ?

Answer 4

The Colonial Leaders used the killings as propaganda- information made to influence public opinion.

Answer 5

Because only 5 people died but they made it sound like hunderds of people died.

Answer 6

The story was changed to make the troops the aggressors and Paul Revere drew a picture of the troops firing on a crowd of colonist. This drawing was shown all over the colonies.

Answer 7

for the war ans so we can have freedom