USA HISTORY

THE ROAD TO REVOLUTION 1700 1774

BOSTON MASSACRE DECLARATORY TOWNSHEND ACTS

Question [CLICK ON ANY CHOICE TO KNOW THE RIGHT ANSWER]
Who made the engraving of the Boston Massacre and published it in the Boston Gazette?
A
Paul Revere
B
Paul Bunyan
C
Paul Reeves
D
Paul Gasol
Explanation: 

Detailed explanation-1: –The print was copied by Revere from a design by Henry Pelham for an engraving eventually published under the title “The Fruits of Arbitrary Power, or the Bloody Massacre, ” of which only two impressions could be located by Brigham. Revere’s print appeared on or about March 28, 1770.

Detailed explanation-2: -American Revolution Adams wrote so many articles, under so many pen names (at least 25), historians don’t even know exactly how many he wrote. It was the Boston Gazette that hired Paul Revere to create his famous engraving of the Boston Massacre.

Detailed explanation-3: -This well-known engraving depicting the Boston Massacre was made by Paul Revere in 1770, although it is commonly believed to have been based on an engraving by Henry Pelham. Although Pelham created his image first, somehow Revere advertised and issued his own version first.

Detailed explanation-4: -Boston Massacre Engraving by Paul Revere. Paul Revere created his most famous engraving titled the “Bloody Massacre Perpetrated in Kings Street in Boston” just 3 weeks after the Boston Massacre occurred on March 5, 1770. It is regarded by historians as an important document of the pre-revolutionary period.

Detailed explanation-5: -Revere’s most effective piece of anti-British propaganda was “The Bloody Massacre, ” a full-color rendering of the 1770 melee that came to be known as the Boston Massacre.

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