Primary Sources- Time Machine (1770): The Boston Massacre

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Primary Sources- Time Machine (1770): The Boston Massacre

Last updated 11 months ago

3 questions

Note from the author:

Read the passage Time Machine (1770): The Boston Massacre. Then answer the questions below.

Instructions

Read the passage Time Machine (1770): The Boston Massacre. Then answer the questions below.

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Question 1

Is this article useful for a historian who is writing a history of the Boston Massacre?

Yes, because it is a first-person account offered by a local townsperson.

No, because it written from the perspective of a British sympathizer.

Yes, because it contains descriptions and testimonies from direct participants.

No, because the facts that it presents are historically inaccurate.

Required

Question 2

Which quotes BEST reveal the perspective of the author on the events that took place during the Boston Massacre? Select two correct answers.

"The other soldier ran to the barrack and brought with him two soldiers, one armed with a pair of tongs, the other with a shovel."

"but what showed more cruelty usually unknown to British troops, was an attempt to fire upon or stab with their bayonets the persons who tried to carry away the slain and wounded!"

"a townsman with a club struck him over the hands with such force that he dropped his rifle; and, rushing forward, aimed a blow at the Captain's head"

"The soldiers were ordered back to their barracks. They returned to their dwellings by 1 o'clock. At 3 o'clock Capt. Preston was arrested, as were the soldiers who fired, a few hours after him."

"From what has happened, we could say that it seems the soldiers are trying to start fights with people of the town."

Required

Question 3

Drag each action from the article on whether it was done by Boston townspeople or British soldiers.

made the first act of violence, striking someone on the arm
killed three people and wounded eight others
fought with weapons such as rifles and bayonets
fought with sticks, snowballs, and their own hands
gathered in a group of 30-40 in order to fight

Boston townspeople
British soldiers

Question 1

Is this article useful for a historian who is writing a history of the Boston Massacre?

Yes, because it is a first-person account offered by a local townsperson.

No, because it written from the perspective of a British sympathizer.

Yes, because it contains descriptions and testimonies from direct participants.

No, because the facts that it presents are historically inaccurate.

Question 2

Which quotes BEST reveal the perspective of the author on the events that took place during the Boston Massacre? Select two correct answers.

"The other soldier ran to the barrack and brought with him two soldiers, one armed with a pair of tongs, the other with a shovel."

"but what showed more cruelty usually unknown to British troops, was an attempt to fire upon or stab with their bayonets the persons who tried to carry away the slain and wounded!"

"a townsman with a club struck him over the hands with such force that he dropped his rifle; and, rushing forward, aimed a blow at the Captain's head"

"The soldiers were ordered back to their barracks. They returned to their dwellings by 1 o'clock. At 3 o'clock Capt. Preston was arrested, as were the soldiers who fired, a few hours after him."

"From what has happened, we could say that it seems the soldiers are trying to start fights with people of the town."

Question 3

Drag each action from the article on whether it was done by Boston townspeople or British soldiers.

made the first act of violence, striking someone on the arm
killed three people and wounded eight others
fought with weapons such as rifles and bayonets
fought with sticks, snowballs, and their own hands
gathered in a group of 30-40 in order to fight

Boston townspeople
British soldiers