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 * Compare Paul Revere's engraving to Alonzo Chappel's lithograph of the Boston Massacre by answering these questions for each.**
 * 1) What time of the day does it look like this event is occurring?
 * 2) Describe the actions of the British soldiers to the right of the picture, what are they doing?
 * 3) Describe the crowd to the left of the picture, what is happening to them?
 * 4) Identify Captain Preston and describe what he appears to be doing
 * 5) What could be the reason for these two very different pictures?
 * 6) If you looked at this picture how would you describe the events of the 5th of March?
 * 7) Do you believe this picture depicts a massacre? Why/why not?
 * 8) List examples of bias in this picture.

Share with a partner. Change and revise your answers as necessary in a different color.

1. In the picture made by Paul Revere it looks like it is night because there is a moon it is also the same in the British one. 2. Boston: The soldiers are shooting. British: Some soldiers have their guns up and some do not. 3.Boston: Do not have any rocks in their hands, some holding dead people. British: There are snowballs being thrown and one man is holding a big stick of wood. 4. Boston: Behind the soldiers, telling them to fire. British: It looks like he is trying to stop them (British) from firing.
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