1. 1. Open to Classwork 8A and your John Adams’ Diary Entry 2. When you receive a Notebook Test, write your name on the top and hand it back into your class bin. 3. Make sure you each have a whiteboard and click marker at your desk.

2. Boston Massacre (Whiteboard) EngravingVideo ● ● ● ● ●

3. Paul Revere’s Engraving (1770) 1. What was the Boston Massacre? 2. Who is at fault? 3. Find two reasons to support answer two.

4. John Adams- 2008 Miniseries on HBO Episode I: Join or Die! (Sound familiar?) Setting: Cold winter in Boston on the night of the Boston Massacre. Plot: John Adams arrived at the scene following the gunshots from British soldiers firing upon a mob of Boston citizens. Adams, a respected lawyer was summoned by the accused Redcoats. Their commander, Captain Thomas Preston asks him to defend them in court. Reluctant at first, he agrees despite knowing this will antagonize his neighbors and friends. *Adams' cousin Samuel Adams is one of the main colonists opposed to the actions of the British government.

5. Boston Massacre (Whiteboard) Engraving Video ● ●1. What was the Boston Massacre? ●2. Who is at fault? ●3. Find two reasons to support answer two.

6. Who was really at fault for the Boston Massacre? Colonists Redcoats Why was it called a massacre? Was it a massacre? How do you think this affected the relationship between the King and the colonists?