they used it to show how the British are going to treat the colonists if they dont break away from the king.
Colonial leaders used news of the killings as propaganda against the British. Samuel Adams put up posters describing the "Boston Massacre" as a slaughter of innocent Americans by bloodthirsty redcoats. An engraving done by Paul Revere showed a British officer giving the order to open fire on an orderly crowd. Revere's powerful image strengthened anti-British feeling. == ==
Boston massacre- killing of 5 men when soldiers were at the coloniesGaspee affair- the torching of the schooner Gaspee
The British under Banastre Tarleton reportedly committed an atrocity by killing colonial soldiers who had surrendered at the Battle of Waxhaws in South Carolina, it was referred to as the Waxhaws Massacre.
The Boston massacre was when the colonist were calling the red coats lobster backs and the Commander there said do not fire their guns but the did not hear it right so there was a killing of 5 people that day. That is why it is called the Boston massacre. Three civilians were shot and killed and a day later two more people were killed by a stabbing not a shooting.
The Saint Valentines Day Massacre
The Boston massacre allowed the Colonial leaders the opportunity to engage in warfare with the British soldiers. The Boston massacre occurred because the Colonists were protesting the recent Tea Tax. British soldiers fired into the crowd, killing four men.
Colonial leaders used news of the killings as propaganda against the British. Samuel Adams put up posters describing the "Boston Massacre" as a slaughter of innocent Americans by bloodthirsty redcoats. An engraving done by Paul Revere showed a British officer giving the order to open fire on an orderly crowd. Revere's powerful image strengthened anti-British feeling. == ==
A massacre is large indiscriminate killing of human beings or animals.
A mass killing is called a massacre, mass murder, or mass killing.
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Massacre is the mass killing of people.
the worst massacre was Hitler's killing of the Jews. He killed several million, so that is the biggest massacre except for war of the worlds. haha.
massacre
Boston massacre- killing of 5 men when soldiers were at the coloniesGaspee affair- the torching of the schooner Gaspee
A "massacre" is an event where many people are killed indiscriminately. A massacre is a slaughter of many people in the same type of religious group or race.
The British under Banastre Tarleton reportedly committed an atrocity by killing colonial soldiers who had surrendered at the Battle of Waxhaws in South Carolina, it was referred to as the Waxhaws Massacre.
The Myall Creek massacre involved the killing of up to 30 unarmed Indigenous Australians.