The engraving done by Paul Revere represented the Boston Massacre. This was when four unarmed colonists were killed by members of the British army. This incident happened shortly after a series of taxes were put on the American colonists.
Paul Revere depicted this event in an engraving that shows the American colonists as being brutally murdered by the British army. In the engraving, all the British military members have guns while the colonists are standing their defenseless. This inflamed public opinion because it showed the British army as monsters who killed colonists without a cause.
The Songhai Empire (also transliterated as Songhay) was a state that dominated the western Sahel in the 15th and 16th century. At its peak, it was one of the largest states in African history. The state is known by its historiographical name, derived from its leading ethnic group and ruling elite, the Songhai. Sonni Ali established Gao
as the capital of the empire, although a Songhai state had existed in
and around Gao since the 11th century. Other important cities in the
empire were Timbuktu and Djenné, conquered in 1468 and 1475 respectively, where urban-centered trade flourished. Initially, the empire was ruled by the Sonni dynasty (c. 1464–1493), but it was later replaced by the Askiya dynasty (1493–1591).
