What did colonial leaders hope to achieve by using the Boston massacre as propaganda?

Initially, before the Boston Massacre, while the colonists' sentiment was generally hostile towards Great Britain, public opinion was mostly hesitant in support of full-out war. Indeed, at the time, most of the population did not support a revolution; instead, they wished to stay a part of the British Empire, but with greater autonomy and more representation in political matters. However, the incident surrounding the Boston Massacre proved to be an essential tool in creating propaganda that heightened tensions and turned the public more in favor towards revolution.

The engraving created by Paul Revere is one of the most recognizable examples of this.

I cant really gove you an answer,but what I can give you is a way to a solution, that is you have to find the anglde that you relate to or peaks your interest. A good paper is one that people get drawn into because it reaches them ln some way.As for me WW11 to me, I think of the holocaust and the effect it had on the survivors, their families and those who stood by and did nothing until it was too late.

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