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Today, historians argue that Revere's engraving of the Boston Massacre differs in many ways from the actual...

Today, historians argue that Revere's engraving of the Boston Massacre differs in many ways from the actual event. Match each detail in Revere's engraving to a description of what actually occurred.
Engraving detail:
1. During the conflict, a small group of colonists only slightly outnumber British soldiers.
2. An organized line of British soldiers in redcoats, directed by their leader, fire guns at the colonists.
3. A sign reading "Butcher's Hall" appears above the Custom House, and the text calls the British soldiers "murderous."
4. Unarmed colonists are shown as defenseless victims of British aggression, with some carrying away the wounded and others lying dead on the ground.

Answer

  1. During the conflict, a small group of colonists only slightly outnumber British soldiers.

    Over 300 colonists and 9 British soldiers engaged in a violent confrontation.

  2. An organized line of British soldiers in redcoats, directed by their leader, fire guns at the colonists.

    British soldiers were never in battle formation, and their captain did not order them to fire into the crowd.

  3. A sign reading "Butcher's Hall" appears above the Custom House, and the text calls the British soldiers "murderous."

    A Massachusetts colonial jury decided two British soldiers were guilty of manslaughter, not murder, and found the other seven soldiers innocent.

  4. Unarmed colonists are shown as defenseless victims of British aggression, with some carrying away the wounded and others lying dead on the ground.

    The colonists carried clubs and threw stones and ice balls at a British soldier, provoking the conflict.

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