USA HISTORY

THE AMERICAN REVOLUTION 1775 1783

AMERICAN REVOLUTION SOCIAL AND ECONOMIC IMPACT

Question [CLICK ON ANY CHOICE TO KNOW THE RIGHT ANSWER]
Ben Franklin did all of the following except?
A
Defended the British soldiers in the Boston Massacre
B
Helped negotiate the treaty of Paris
C
Secured French financial and military aid
D
Was a member of the Committee of Five
Explanation: 

Detailed explanation-1: -The very next day, John Adams received a loud knock on his door. He was asked to defend the soldiers and Captain Preston, as nobody else would take the case. Without hesitation Adams agreed to defend the soldiers and their captain. Above all, John Adams believed in upholding the law, and defending the innocent.

Detailed explanation-2: -John Adams Defends the British It took seven months to arraign Preston and the other soldiers involved in the Boston Massacre and bring them to trial. Ironically, it was American colonist, lawyer and future President of the United States John Adams who defended them.

Detailed explanation-3: -The Sons of Liberty, a Patriot group formed in 1765 to oppose the Stamp Act, advertised the “Boston Massacre” as a battle for American liberty and just cause for the removal of British troops from Boston.

Detailed explanation-4: -The Boston Massacre Late in the afternoon of March 5, 1770, British sentries guarding the Boston Customs House shot into a crowd of civilians, killing three men and injuring eight, two of them mortally.

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