Defending British soldiers for the Boston Massacre, he said, "Facts are stubborn things"
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Key Figures in the Boston Massacre Trial  John Adams, in his old age, called his defense of British soldiers in 1770 "one of the ... "Facts are stubborn things," he concluded, "and whatever may be our ... Still, Hutchinson resisted demands for quick trials--"so that," he said, "people may...
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This Day in Quotes: Facts are stubborn things  Dec 4, 2015 ... But it did distort what happened at the Boston Massacre on the night of March 5, 1770. ... Eight other British soldiers came out on the street to help their comrade. ... asked local lawyer (and future president) John Adams to defend them. .... said Facts are stubborn things  without mentioning that he was...
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Speech by John Adams at the Boston Massacre Trial  They swear, they thought him in liquor-that he run about clapping several ... Such things are not new in the world, nor in the British dominions, though they are ... the soldiers, for he was engaged against them at the Rope-walks; he says he saw ... Facts are stubborn things; and whatever may be our wishes, our inclinations,...
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The Boston Massacre Trials | John Adams Historical Society  At the end of March 1770, just three weeks after the Boston Massacre, a grand ... But why did John Adams and Josiah Quincy agree to take on the defense of men ... While he strongly believed that all men were entitled to a fair trial and that they ... Thomas Gage, the commander of British troops in America, urged Thomas...
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Facts Are Stubborn Things | Quote Investigator  Jun 18, 2010 ... ... we studied the Boston Massacre and our history book said that John Adams, ... a legal defense for the British soldiers involved in the Boston Massacre. ... But Facts are Stubborn Things And therefore, when he comes to the...
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Abraham Lincoln - Oxford Reference  William John Henry Boetcker have been misidentified as sayings of Lincoln and widely promulgated. ... The remark was recorded by Chaplain John Eaton, who was told about the ... In 1842, in a speech on February 22 to the Springfield (Ill.) Washingtonian .... The ballot is stronger than the bullet. speech, May 19, 1856.
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Boston Massacre of 1770 *** - Colonial America  British soldiers, who were quartered in the city, fired into a rioting mob killing five ... The Boston Massacre incident occurred on the evening of March 5, 1770. ... was enraged, raised his musket and fired into the crowd killing Crispus Attucks.
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Lexington Green, Lexington, Massachusetts - here, on April 19 ...  In the first skirmish, 77 Minutemen faced British Regulars. ... After the battle, Samuel Adams exclaimed to John Hancock, "What a glorious morning for America! ... 1775, during the British siege of Boston early in the Revolutionary War. ..... Statue Lexington, Lexington Mass, Concord Lexington, Massachusetts S Finest,...
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The Boston Massacre - Illinois Conservative  The Boston massacre took place on March 5, 1770, but the atmosphere of anger and hostility that pervaded the port city of Boston began two years before. ... opposition, issued an engraving of the landing of the British Troops. ... taunting, advancing to within inches of the soldier's bayonets; Hurling insults and curses while...
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The Peculiar Institution and National Honor: The Case of the <i ...  measures, the Governor assured him that British subjects would not. "act so improperly. .... President Martin Van Buren, perhaps wanting to avoid a major issue on .... South not to use the argument of national honor to protect the trade. The Boston Liberator ... slavery abridged the natural rights of man, he said, it could exist.
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Remembering the Boston Massacre - History in the Headlines  Mar 5, 2015 ... Shots fired by British soldiers in the streets of Boston in 1770 would spark the ... soldiers let loose with a volley of musket fire, killing five men and ... off in a series of street brawls that left one infantryman with a fractured skull. ... Two bullets hit and killed Crispus Attucks, a former slave-turned-sailor who had...
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Mercy Otis Warren Describes Conditions in the ... - Digital History  In May 1775, shortly after the battles at Lexington and Concord, the Second ... To save ammunition, the patriots were ordered: "Don't fire until you see the whites of their ... Realizing that British troops could no longer hold the city, British troops ... At a time when all Europe is interested in the fate of America you will forgive me...
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On This Day: British Soldiers Kill 5 in Boston Massacre  On March 5, 1770, British soldiers stationed in Boston fired on a crowd of ... Montgomery rose, fired his musket into the crowd and shouted, Damn you, fire! ... juror from Boston and was able to fill the jury entirely with men from outside the city.
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The Boston Massacre Trials | John Adams Historical Society  At the end of March 1770, just three weeks after the Boston Massacre, a grand jury had ... The soldiers of the twenty-ninth regiment accused of murder were William Wemms, ... He recruited Robert Treat Paine, a prosperous attorney in Southern ... Thomas Gage, the commander of British troops in America, urged Thomas...
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Boston Massacre - Wikipedia  The Boston Massacre, known as the Incident on King Street by the British, was an incident on ... In April 1768 he sent a letter to the colonial governors in America, instructing them to .... characterized the massacre as part of an ongoing scheme to "quell a Spirit of ... The trial of the eight soldiers opened on November 27, 1770.
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Myths of the American Revolution | History | Smithsonian  A noted historian debunks the conventional wisdom about America's War of ... Thomas Gage, commander of the British Army in America, as governor of the colony. ... To back down, the ministers believed, would be to lose the colonies. .... victory, destroying a Hessian force of nearly 1,000 men; a week later, on January 3,...
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What was the shot heard round the world? - Ask History  Jan 22, 2015 ... On the night of April 18, 1775, hundreds of British troops set off from Boston toward ... First Revolutionary Battle at Lexington and Concord ... they encountered armed resistance from a group of patriots at the town's North Bridge. ... once the embattled farmers stood/And fired the shot heard round the world..
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Boston Massacre facts, information, pictures | Encyclopedia.com ...  This scene, known as the Boston Massacre, came after months of feuding between ... Although some British troops had remained in the colonies following the war, the ... of a standing army in peace time as an abomination, much as Americans would ... The series of events that led to the confrontation on March 5, 1770,...
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Samuel Adams - Wikiquote  He therefore is the truest friend to the liberty of his country who tries most to promote its virtue, ... Comment upon hearing the gunfire at the Battle of Lexington (19 April 1775), ... this has often been paraphrased as "What a glorious morning for America! ..... To John Adams he [Samuel] said on one occassion, "he never looked...
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Canada's History - Articles  I then placed the characters in the locations, keeping in mind the weather, .... he approached me and he said, If you have any trouble who those English, you tell ... the marines and the Navy who helped a lot and who helped to save England. ...... a blistering character assassination of Currie, accusing him of butchering his...
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Boston Massacre Engraving - Paul Revere Heritage Project  The engraving accurately shows the five victims. Three men are laying on the ground with blood gushing from the wounds which are clearly shown. Two of them...