“Facts are stubborn things; and whatever may be our wishes, our inclinations, or the dictates of our passion, they cannot alter the state of facts and evidence.”

~John Adams

Argument in Defense of the British Soldiers in the Boston

Massacre Trials (November 4, 1770)

Propaganda Definition: One sided information intended

to persuade either in favor or against a position.

What types of propaganda are there? What techniques are commonly used?

Image AWho: Paul RevereWhat: The Bloody MassacreWhere: BostonWhen: 1770

Image BWho: John Bufford after William L. ChampeyWhat: The Boston MassacreWhere: BostonWhen: 1856

Compare the two…

Image CWho: Alonzo ChappelWhat: The Boston MassacreWhere: BostonWhen: 1868

Broadside of the Boston Massacre, 1770.