Deborah Nicholls-Lee

A detailed account of Paul Revere’s 1770 engraving of the Boston Massacre explains how the image amplified anti‑British sentiment, unified colonial resistance, and became a powerful tool of revolutionary propaganda. Curators and historians describe its visual exaggerations, symbolic cues, rapid dissemination, and enduring influence on public opinion, highlighting its role within broader tensions over British military presence, civil liberties, and taxation that preceded American independence.