At the time of the Boston Massacre, John Adams was a patriot grieving the loss of a child with a new baby on the way. The Boston Massacre, in which British redcoats killed five American civilians. Prisma/UIG/Getty Images. Adams defended the British officer Thomas Preston and his soldiers in two separate trials.
The correct answer is word painting. The idea behind it is that music should reflect the lyrics of the song. For example, if the song is about something dark and broody then the music should be slow and scary and things like that. If it's cheerful then you start playing it faster and with more notes.
From England to America it took 10 weeks.
Apparently, this guy could not make up his mind. He switched parties 5 times:
Democratic-Republican 1817-1828
Democrat 1828-1835
Whig 1835-1851
American 1854-1860
Constitutional Union 1860-1861
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