About Item:

As the relationship between the colonists and England got worse and worse in the 1760s, King George decided to send some troops to Boston to keep an eye on things and be on the ground if something bad happened. They arrived in 1768, and Paul Revere created this engraving to represent what the Boston Harbor looked like when they arrived.

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Glossary Terms:

• Schooners—A sailing ship with two or more masts
• Cable—A very thick rope
• Siege—When a town or building is surrounded, cutting off supplies such as food and fuel. Used to force the people under siege to surrender
• Regiment—A unit within an army
• Detachment—A group of troops sent away on a separate mission
• Artillery—Large guns used on land (like cannon, for example)
• Insolent—Disrespectful or rude
• Powder and Ball—referring to gunpowder and ammunition

From the collections of Boston Athenæum