Question

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What role did John Adams play in the Boston Massacre trials?

He represented the colonists.

He was a member of the jury.

He was the judge hearing the case.

He represented the British soldiers.

Answer 1

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Answer 2

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Answer 3

i figured it out by myself

Answer 4

he was a lawyer..

Answer 5

representing the murdered ones

Answer 6

no... in the book it said he represented the soldiers

Answer 7

At the end of March 1770, just three weeks after the Boston Massacre, a grand jury had indicted Captain Preston and his men as well as four civilians accused of having fired from the window of the Customs House. The soldiers of the twenty-ninth regiment accused of murder were William Wemms, James Hartigan, William McCauley, Hugh White, Matthew Kilroy, William Warren, John Carrol and Hugh Montgomery. If found guilty they could face the death penalty. Preston and his soldiers could not find a legal representative counsel, they approached several lawyers without success until 35-year old John Adams agreed to head their defense.

But why did John Adams and Josiah Quincy agree to take on the defense of men who had killed five Boston residents?, Samuel Gray, Samuel Maverick, James Coldwell, Crispus Attucks and Patrick Carr. This was an unpopular assignment, one that could have adversely affected his reputation and future income. The reasons for John’s acceptance of the case are difficult to assume. While he strongly believed that all men were entitled to a fair trial and that they deserved equal justice, he knew of the dangers to his practice and of the violence that the mob was capable therefore endangering his wife and young children. On the other hand, in the long term, he might be remembered as a man who put law above his personal beliefs. According to historian Hiller B. Zobel, Adams must have been encouraged to take the case in exchange for a seat in Boston’s legislature as he was the town’s first choice when a seat became available three months later.

Answer 8

The defense team was headed by John Adams who was assisted mainly by Josiah Quincy who was the younger brother of prosecutor Samuel Quincy. Josiah Quincy became the main spokesman for the Boston chapter of the Sons of Liberty before the revolution. Completing the team were Sampson Salter Blowers, a noted lawyer and jurist, and Robert Auchmuty, a judge of the Vice-Admiralty Court who agreed to serve on the condition that John Adams be co-counsel.

The counsel for the prosecution was headed by Samuel Quincy. He recruited Robert Treat Paine, a prosperous attorney in Southern Massachusetts and Rhode Island.

It was ironic that revolutionary John Adams took the job of defending the King’s soldiers while loyal prosecutor , Samuel Quincy, of proving them guilty.

Thomas Preston and the eight soldiers were to be tried separately according to the magistrate.

Answer 9

John Adams
“The Revolution was effected before the war commenced. The Revolution was in the minds and hearts of the people.”
*****Represented British soldiers in the Boston Massacre trials.*****
Member of the Declaration of Independence Committee.
Recommended George Washington as commander of the Continental Army.
Helped negotiate peace with Britain after the American Revolution.
John Adams and Thomas Jefferson both died on the same day. It was July 4, 1826, 50 years to the day that the Declaration of Independence was approved!

Answer 10

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Answer 11

thank you anyways

Answer 12

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