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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.