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History does not change much from source to source. Since many years ago, many people have sought ways to teach others about the story of the United States; for many students, History is a difficult topic and sometimes boring, so movies came to support students’ learning styles with its dynamic way of teaching. Movies and books sometimes have different points of view, but most of the subjects are the same. For example, the movie presented in class last week and the book America a Narrative History have several points to discuss such the life of John and Abigail Adams, the Boston Massacre, the Sons of Liberty, the Boston Tea Party, and the Coercive Acts. All these acts are part of the United States history, and they deserve …show more content…

The book America a Narrative History and the movie agree with the event happened in March of 1770, the Boston Massacre. Both of the sources present the following story: everything happened the night of March fifth when a group of English soldiers was in streets of Boston; then, a group of colonists, including some minors, tried to provoke them to fire their arms against them. With the confusion, someone knocked a soldier, and when he fell, his musket went off. After that, there were more shots, and at the end, five settlers were killed in the street. The book and the movie use the same story, but the movie presents the consequences of the event. One of the events that the book omits is the fair trial that the English soldiers received; plus, it does not mention that John Adams was the person who saved the lives of those soldiers. It is ironic that Mr. Adams defended the English soldiers, but he was in favor of the reason and truth, instead of the …show more content…

The book and the movie mention the discontent of the settles. However, the book explains more carefully the story of the Sons of Liberty, which is explained below. During several years, England created laws to gain money from American colonies; some of the laws applied were the Sugar Act, the Currency Act, and the Stamp Act, among others. All of them demanded people to pay high taxes with the pretext that colonies needed protection. However, a group of individuals, called Sons of Liberty, started a protest against the English government. They were demanding that the colonies should be represented in the parliament, and the colonies should decide what taxes should be paid. Habitants from the different colonies joined to demand their rights. The book does not mention, but according to the movie, Mr. Adams joined the group to defend the Americans

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In the early 1760’s, the tension between the people in Boston and the British soldiers started to grow until in early 1770, when the two groups reached their breaking point. On March 5, 1770, a group of men started intimidating a British soldier; he soon called for assistance but eventually the crowd had grown to practically one hundred people. Captain Thomas Preston and seven other soldiers arrived, trying to calm the situation down, but to no avail. A soldier fired into the crowd followed by the other soldiers firing soon after, resulting in five people being killed. Captain Thomas Preston happened to be arrested and charged with murder.

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