AmericanRevolutionDay10

DocumentE:TheBloodyMassacrePerpetratedinKingStreet1770

EtchedbyPaulRevere,coloredbyChristianRemick

AnswerthesequestionsonaseparatesheetofpaperAnswer1and2byyourselves.1. WhywerethereBritishsoldiersinBostonin1770?

2. Whatstoryistheimagetryingtotell?Describefourspecificdetailsintheimage

thatyouthinkhelptellthisstory.

Discussandanswerthefollowingquestionswithyourgroupmembers.

3. Comparedtothedescriptionofeventsinthetextbook,isthisdepictionaccurate?

Explain.

4. Whatdoyouthinkwasthepurposeofthisdrawing?

5. WhywouldJohnAdams,someoneconsideredapatriotandsomeonewhowould

becomethe2ndPresidentoftheUnitedStates,havedefendedthoseBritish

soldiers?Explainsomereasonsbeyondwhatthetextbooksays.

6. “LongaftertheAmericanRevolution,someoneaskedJohnAdamswhatthewar

hadbeenabout.Thereweretworevolutionsheexplained.Onewasthewaritself.

Buttheimportantrevolutionoccurredevenbeforethewarbegan.Ithadtodo

withideasandattitudes.‘Therevolutionwasinthemindsandheartsofthe

people’”(Hakim66).

WhatdoyouthinkAdamsmeantbytherebeingtworevolutions?Howwasthe

waroverideasandattitudesfought?Givespecificexamples.