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Captain Preston's Views On Primary Sources

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1, Which account is a primary source? Both the The Boston Gazette and Country Journal and Captain Preston's account are primary sources, though the second is more reliable. Because they both appeal to people who were primary observers, but there are degrees of confidence in the given source. Newspaper are writing from a third person about what different people told them in their accounts, instead Captain is telling the situation he lived himself. 2.Where is the bias in the Newspaper Account? The bias regarding the account is one of patriotic scheme. The Bosto Gazzette is clearly trying to present the situation as one of excessive violence and harrasing made by the soldiers and covering up every inch of incitations and violence there could

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