Imagine you were a colonist living in New York in 1770 when the event occurred. You purchased a newspaper and inside the newspaper was a copy of the engraving produced by Paul revere with the description underneath “The Bloody Massacre Perpetrated in King-Street”. Would you consider what occurred to be a massacre? Why or why not?
Yes, I would consider what occurred to be a massacre. The engraving depicts British soldiers firing on a crowd of unarmed civilians, which is a clear example of a massacre. The description underneath the engraving also confirms this, as it states that the event was a "bloody massacre". Furthermore, the fact that the event occurred in King Street, which was a public area, suggests that the British soldiers were targeting innocent civilians.
