1. The boston massacre
Samuel Adams and other propagandists immediately capitalized on the Boston Massacre, although it was clearly not a massacre, using it to fan colonial passions (US history, 2002). ... Captain Preston and six of his soldiers stood trial for murder, and were defended by two lawyers under the names of John Adams and Josiah Quincy, Jr., who both believed that the accused deserved proper defense (Murrin, 2002, P. 190). Thirty-Five year old John Adams, risked the disapproval of his friends and neighbors by defending the soldiers, but he and Quincy stood firmly for what they believed. ...
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