The Boston Massacre inflamed public opinion because

A) an engraving was published that depicted the British soldiers as murderers.
B) most of the city of Boston was destroyed.
C) the British soldiers threw gallons of tea into the harbor.
D) it involved the killing of hundreds of men, women and children.

Boston Massacre

A confrontation on March 5, 1770, in which British soldiers shot and killed several people while being harassed by a mob in Boston, considered a pivotal event leading up to the American Revolution.

Public Opinion

The collective attitudes, beliefs, and perceptions of a population about issues of interest or concern.

Engraving

A printmaking technique where an artist incises or cuts an image into a hard surface, traditionally metal, to create a design.