TEXT:This is how wars start. Come on, let's have it! Private Hugh Montgomery is hit with a club. An African-American, Crispus Attucks, dies instantly. Everybody, run! When the smoke clears, four more are dead. How Boston reacts will change the course of history.

Silversmith and political radical Paul Revere captures the moment British soldiers kill five colonists in the streets of Boston.His engraving will fuel the fires of revolution as outrage spreads across the 13 colonies. Unhappy Boston see thy sons deplore, thy hallowed walks besmeared with guiltless gore, whilst faithless Preston and his savage bands, with murderous rancor, stretch their bloody hands. The most formidable army in the world firing on an un armed crowd. An explosive image with a title that says it all: "The Bloody Massacre."

There was the old joke, "You give me a picture, I'll give you a war." Those who wanted to stir things up and to make a statement and maybe even lead a revolution, it made them able to rally others to their side.News spreads fast. The colonists are avid readers, a legacy from the first Bible-reading Puritans in Plymouth.

Boston has the first weekly newspaper. There are now more than 40 papers across the colonies. And the new postmaster general, Benjamin Franklin has introduced a revolutionary postal-delivery system. Night riders cut the delivery time in half. The communications network connecting the colonies is one of the best in the world. And the British have no idea.They hope the news can be contained. Before news reaches England, most of America knows about the Boston Massacre.

It's a very American spirit of an idea, this idea that everybody should have access to knowledge. It's very much like that pioneering idea, e verybody should be able to make their way in the world. A printer in Connecticut can read the exact same story as a farmer in North Carolina. December 1773. "The Boston Gazette" breaks another story, that will fan the flames of rebellion.

译文:战斗是这样开始的。士兵休·蒙哥马利被打了一棒，非裔美国人克里斯珀斯·阿塔克斯当场死亡。硝烟散尽时，又死了四个人。波士顿如何回应将改变历史的发展进程。

既是银匠又是政治激进分子的保罗·里维尔，雕出了英国士兵在波士顿街头杀死五个殖民地人的画面，他的雕刻将加速革命的爆发，愤怒之火迅速在13个殖民地之间蔓延开来。波城愤怒子民叹圣街竟遭血污玷，贼子帮凶多残忍，恶爪锋利乱伤人。世界上最强大的军队对着一群手无寸铁的人疯狂扫射，这幅震惊世人的画有个一目了然的标题--波士顿惨案。

迈克尔·R·彭博[纽约市市长]：“有一个古老的笑话，给我一幅画，我还你一场战争。那些想挑起事端，表明立场甚至可能领导革命的人，通过这样能团结很多人站在他们那一边。消息迅速传播开了，移民们都是热心的读者，源自最初普利茅斯清教徒读圣经的传统。

波士顿有美国的第一份周刊，当时此地已经有了40多家报刊机构，加上新的邮政署署长--本杰明·富兰克林。已经建立起了一个革命性的邮政递送系统，连夜递送可以节省一半的时间，将各个殖民地联系到一起的联系网，是当时世界上最好的，英国当局对此一无所知，他们希望这个消息能够被压下来。在消息传到英国之前，绝大多数的美国人都已经知道了波士顿惨案。

吉米·威尔士[维基百科创始人之一]：“这充分体现了一种美国精神，那就是每个人都有权利去获取真相。这很像那个开创性的想法，即每一个人应该能够开创属于自己的路。无论是康涅狄格的印刷工人还是北卡罗来纳的农民都能读到同样的消息。1773年12月，《波士顿公报》曝出了另一件事，这将助长叛乱的火焰愤怒和不满的情绪日益高涨。