Lesson #3: The Boston Massacre
The Boston Massacre in 1770 was an instance where tensions between the Patriots and the Loyalists exploded. For this lesson, you will research a secondary source and two primary sources to discover how the Patriots and Loyalists felt about this event in history.
Remember: If you can't finish the assignment in class, then you have to take it home for homework.
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Secondary Source: Independence Hall Association article
Patriot Primary Source: "The Bloody Massacre" engraving by Paul Revere (View the engraving on the Independence Hall Association article above).
Loyalist Primary Source: The Case of Captain Thomas Preston, June 25, 1770 beginning at paragraph 2 from the Massachusetts Historical Society.
Answer these questions in your journal:
1. What was the Boston Massacre?
2. What is a similarity and a difference between the Patriot's perspective and the Loyalist's perspective about the Boston Massacre?
3. Could the Massacre have been avoided? If you were living during 1770, what would you have done to prevent this?
Remember: If you can't finish the assignment in class, then you have to take it home for homework.
Click on these links to start your research!
Secondary Source: Independence Hall Association article
Patriot Primary Source: "The Bloody Massacre" engraving by Paul Revere (View the engraving on the Independence Hall Association article above).
Loyalist Primary Source: The Case of Captain Thomas Preston, June 25, 1770 beginning at paragraph 2 from the Massachusetts Historical Society.
Answer these questions in your journal:
1. What was the Boston Massacre?
2. What is a similarity and a difference between the Patriot's perspective and the Loyalist's perspective about the Boston Massacre?
3. Could the Massacre have been avoided? If you were living during 1770, what would you have done to prevent this?