The Booston Massacre: The Boston Massacre

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The scene in the painting reminds me of what happened at 1770, the Boston Massacre. In this piece however it seems that the group of people were trying to escape being forced to convert to a different religion hence the church and were caught by the guardsmen, which led to some of the people being shot and killed, or it could have been the total opposite maybe the people were trying to go into the church but the guardsmen didn’t want them too and those who retaliated were shot on site. It seems like the people are being interrogated at gunpoint, a reason as to why I’m not sure might have something to do with the church, it could have been that the people were seeking shelter at the church from these soldier in the black hats, and once the people

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