Why John Adams Defended British Soldiers in the Boston Massacre …
Apr 2, 2020 · The Boston Massacre, in which British redcoats killed five American civilians. Adams defended the British officer Thomas Preston and his soldiers in two separate trials.
Boston Massacre Trial - U.S. National Park Service
John Adams and Josiah Quincy stayed on the case, while Sampson Salter Blowers replaced Robert Auchmuty. For the trial of the soldiers, John Adams agreed to serve as the lead defense lawyer. The prosecution team, Robert Treat Paine and Samuel Quincy, remained the same.
The Boston Massacre Trials – John Adams Historical Society
Jan 24, 2013 · The Boston Massacre Trials elevated John Adams’ reputation as a one of the best lawyers in Massachusetts. Three months after the end of the trials, he was elected to the Massachusetts House of Representatives.
About this Collection | John Adams and the Boston Massacre Trial …
As noted in the 2008 HBO mini-series chronicling the life and career of John Adams (1735-1826), as a young lawyer the future president served as counsel for the defense in the trial of eight British soldiers accused of murder during a riot in Boston on March 5, 1770.
Adams’ Argument for the Defense: 3–4 December 1770
May 3, 2002 · [Original source: The Adams Papers, Legal Papers of John Adams, vol. 3, Cases 63 and 64: The Boston Massacre Trials, ed. L. Kinvin Wroth and Hiller B. Zobel. Cambridge, MA: Harvard University Press, 1965, pp. 242–270.]
John Adams and the Boston Massacre Trial – Handout A: Narrative
Adams asked the jurors how they would have reacted to being struck multiple times by a group of rioters. Adams’ argument was based on the information that two outsiders, Crispus Attucks and Patrick Carr, not the people of Boston, were responsible for the violence that night.
John Adams and The Boston Massacre | Boston Tea Party Museum
John Adams was the defense attorney for the British Redcoats and Captain Preston during the Boston Massacre Trials. Read about how he defended the soldiers.
The Boston Massacre Trial of 1770 - University of Missouri–Kansas City
Essays, trial transcript excerpts, images, chronology, biographical sketches, and other materials relating to the Boston Massacre trials of 1770.
Perspectives on the Boston Massacre - Massachusetts Historical …
Trial Notes of John Adams. Thirty-five year old John Adams, a prominent lawyer in Boston who would go on to become the second president of the United States, was asked to take on the unpopular assignment of defending Capt. Preston and the eight British soldiers. Notes on the Boston Massacre trials, by John Adams, 1770, "Captn. Prestons Case" ...
Speech by John Adams at the Boston Massacre Trial
Speech by John Adams at the Boston Massacre Trial. This speach is taken verbatim from the Legal Papers of John Adams, No. 64. Rex v. Wemms, pp. 260-270. Tuesday, NINE o'Clock, the Court met according to adjournment, and Mr. ADAMS proceeded.