Question

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.

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Answer:

The future American president represented Redcoats accused of murdering American patriots in an incident that helped spark the Revolution. Although a devout patriot, John Adams agreed to risk his family's livelihood and defend the British soldiers and their commander in a Boston courtroom.

The Boston Massacre was the act of British soldiers firing into a mob of Boston citizens. The next morning John Adams was in his law office in Boston. The anti-British fever in Boston was rampant. Samuel Adams and the Sons of Liberty were already calling the event the Boston Massacre.

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