Answer:
Explanation:
In reality, a crowd of Boston residents harassed the British and started the whole affair, despite the engraving's depiction of the British brutally slaughtering the Boston patriots without any resistance from the city's residents. This portrayal places the whole blame on the British and paints them as villains for being pushed into the incident. In essence, the patriots exploited the victims of the slaughter as martyrs and utilized the incident to further their goals of driving the British out of Boston.
