Why is Henry Pelham's famous picture of the Boston Massacre considered propaganda?

Answer 1

paul reverie had an engraving about the Boston massacre.

he used Propaganda to convince the people that he civilians were defensless.

1. a citizen has his back turned

2. there is a puppy in front of the civilians symbolizing their helplessness.

3. a church behind the battle showing that maybe the soldiers had no regard for religon or church. since they killed people in the presence of a church building.

4. A a building behing the soldiers it says "butchers market" is right above the soldiers referring that it was a slaugter.

it all tries to give the idea that the soldiers committed a haneous crime.

Answer 2

it was a form of propaganda because.....

1) it showed the Boston massacre from the view of the colonists, the side paul revere was on, not the british side, so it only tells half of the story of the Boston massacre

2) the painting shows seven dead people, when really only five people died in the massacre

3) the painting shows a leader commanding the soldiers to fire. in real life, no one ordered the soldiers to fire, they fired for defense because (a) oyster shells were being thrown at them, and (b) someone was yelling "FIRE" at the time (because a nearby building was actually on fire) and they unfortunately thought this was an order to fire

4) the painting completely exaggerates what really happened.

Answer 3

The Boston Massacre was concidered to be propaganda, because what it honestly was, was a mob (of about 10 people) gathered outside of the King's Safe House and there was [a said] misunderstanding about someone yelling fire, and the British killing 5 people.

Do you really concider 5 people a massacre? no. But it sounded much more powerful against the Britts

Answer 4

It is used to promote anger amongst the Patriots. You see the armed British outnumbering the defenseless people in the town square and murdering them. In truth, only five people were killed and the British fired in the from of defense. The citizens were provoking the soldiers by throwing ice and stones at them, but that was not mentioned in the article, slandering the British.

Answer 5

Henry Pelham's famous picture of the Boston Massacre is considered propaganda because it was meant to stir up anti-British sentiment. The image exaggerated the violence of the incident by portraying British soldiers firing into a defenseless crowd, which was not entirely accurate. The purpose of the image was to rally support for the American cause against British rule.

Answer 6

It did not show the event accurately .

Answer 7

It did not show the event accurately.

Answer 8

nothing sucker