1 00:00:56,175 --> 00:00:58,299 John Adams Part I: Join Or Die. 2 00:03:19,508 --> 00:03:20,882 Lobsters for sale! 3 00:03:21,002 --> 00:03:22,200 Lobsters! 4 00:03:22,568 --> 00:03:24,708 Who'll buy? Lobsters! 5 00:03:25,038 --> 00:03:27,070 Clean out my shit bucket, lobster! 6 00:03:27,675 --> 00:03:29,188 Who'll buy lobsters? 7 00:03:34,571 --> 00:03:35,964 Go back to england! 8 00:03:36,878 --> 00:03:39,753 Take that! Hit 'em right in the head! 9 00:03:40,530 --> 00:03:42,971 We are people, not an animal, lobster! 10 00:03:45,279 --> 00:03:46,474 That a girl. 11 00:03:57,396 --> 00:03:59,107 Come on, you old fool. 12 00:03:59,810 --> 00:04:01,006 Get over here. 13 00:04:01,770 --> 00:04:04,117 Come here. There we go. 14 00:04:08,075 --> 00:04:09,222 Look at that. 15 00:04:09,480 --> 00:04:10,758 Quite a big one. 16 00:04:11,502 --> 00:04:13,037 That must have hurt. 17 00:04:28,726 --> 00:04:29,892 You lost. 18 00:04:32,335 --> 00:04:33,190 I did. 19 00:04:34,304 --> 00:04:37,034 I could tell by the set of your shoulders. 20 00:04:37,154 --> 00:04:38,921 My client alleged 21 00:04:39,634 --> 00:04:41,475 that his neighbor's horse 22 00:04:42,874 --> 00:04:44,966 had trampled his crops. 23 00:04:47,098 --> 00:04:48,177 And had it? 24 00:04:49,828 --> 00:04:50,947 Hard to say. 25 00:04:54,087 --> 00:04:55,998 There were no witnesses 26 00:04:56,495 --> 00:04:59,297 and the beast refused to testify for some reason. 27 00:05:20,341 --> 00:05:21,407 Follow me! 28 00:05:39,913 --> 00:05:40,713 Father. 29 00:05:51,178 --> 00:05:53,226 Allow the child to breathe, John. 30 00:05:55,596 --> 00:05:57,459 There, can you breathe now? 31 00:05:59,175 --> 00:06:00,945 Did you go to the farm? 32 00:06:01,537 --> 00:06:04,056 Mr. Bass is sending a cord of wood. 33 00:06:05,374 --> 00:06:07,823 And there's a fence down in the south field... 34 00:06:13,114 --> 00:06:14,165 It's a fire! 35 00:07:42,919 --> 00:07:45,222 Don't fire. Do not fire, lads! 36 00:07:51,042 --> 00:07:51,909 Help me! 37 00:07:54,215 --> 00:07:55,905 Look at me. Yes? 38 00:07:56,479 --> 00:07:58,114 - Can you breathe? - My son. 39 00:07:58,337 --> 00:07:59,852 Is this your boy? 40 00:08:02,934 --> 00:08:04,300 Murderers! 41 00:08:05,940 --> 00:08:06,910 Come away. 42 00:08:07,030 --> 00:08:09,426 - Come away, Sam! - Shoot me too, Preston, 43 00:08:09,546 --> 00:08:12,281 - if you dare! - Sam, come away! 44 00:08:12,401 --> 00:08:15,255 You'll suffer the full penalty of the law! 45 00:08:17,332 --> 00:08:19,532 These people need to be tended to. 46 00:08:19,652 --> 00:08:21,633 These people need our help here, yes? 47 00:08:42,462 --> 00:08:44,059 What happened, father? 48 00:08:46,710 --> 00:08:49,083 - We looked, but we couldn't see... - It's all over now. 49 00:08:49,203 --> 00:08:51,852 Just a little hubbub is all. Nothing to worry about. 50 00:08:54,289 --> 00:08:55,283 Return to bed. 51 00:08:57,434 --> 00:08:58,411 Bed! Both of ya! 52 00:09:21,643 --> 00:09:26,220 British soldiers fired into a crowd on state house square. 53 00:09:30,483 --> 00:09:31,861 God help us. 54 00:09:32,885 --> 00:09:34,989 I thought it might come to this. 55 00:09:37,673 --> 00:09:39,152 People were killed? 56 00:09:40,826 --> 00:09:42,771 I cannot say what number... 57 00:09:44,388 --> 00:09:47,669 One of them no more than a child, from what I could see. 58 00:09:48,688 --> 00:09:51,085 I have no words for it, Abigail. 59 00:09:59,601 --> 00:10:01,009 "omnia gallia 60 00:10:02,208 --> 00:10:05,353 in tres partes divisa est." 61 00:10:06,206 --> 00:10:07,980 "all Gaul is divided unto three parts." 62 00:10:08,757 --> 00:10:11,394 Good. Who do you think would divide Gaul? 63 00:10:22,262 --> 00:10:24,302 - John! - Beggin'your pardon. 64 00:10:25,239 --> 00:10:26,039 Yes? 65 00:10:26,786 --> 00:10:30,378 - Mr. Adams, my name is forrest. - What happened to you? 66 00:10:30,538 --> 00:10:31,840 It's nothing, sir. 67 00:10:32,227 --> 00:10:34,641 I'm known to be a friend of the soldiers here. 68 00:10:37,184 --> 00:10:38,696 What is your business, sir? 69 00:10:40,284 --> 00:10:42,311 I'm here to ask you to help a man. 70 00:10:42,750 --> 00:10:44,086 Captain Preston. 71 00:10:46,288 --> 00:10:48,187 No one else will plead his case. 72 00:10:55,000 --> 00:10:55,934 Come in. 73 00:10:59,874 --> 00:11:01,575 I will get a basin 74 00:11:02,229 --> 00:11:05,246 - to dress those cuts. - That's very kind. 75 00:11:05,846 --> 00:11:06,936 Thank you. 76 00:11:08,263 --> 00:11:09,399 Here. Sit. 77 00:11:09,519 --> 00:11:10,319 Sit. 78 00:11:30,948 --> 00:11:33,832 Can it harm to go and see this soldier? 79 00:11:34,206 --> 00:11:35,006 How? 80 00:11:35,126 --> 00:11:37,221 Because you will find a way to believe him. 81 00:11:37,341 --> 00:11:40,966 - He may be telling the truth. - All your clients tell the truth. 82 00:11:41,290 --> 00:11:44,899 but your prospective client is the most despised man in boston. 83 00:11:45,796 --> 00:11:47,840 By the time the news of last night's events spread, 84 00:11:47,960 --> 00:11:51,770 I'm sure he will be the most despised man in all of Massachusetts. 85 00:11:53,129 --> 00:11:55,028 It will be much talked of. 86 00:11:55,637 --> 00:11:56,691 Ambition. 87 00:12:00,587 --> 00:12:02,070 Counsel is the last thing 88 00:12:02,190 --> 00:12:05,931 an accused person should lack in a free country, Abigail. 89 00:12:10,146 --> 00:12:13,735 - Then accept it. - But will I be condemned for it? 90 00:12:13,855 --> 00:12:16,984 They will say you are the crown's man. 91 00:12:19,177 --> 00:12:21,655 I care not for malicious tongues on either side. 92 00:12:31,101 --> 00:12:32,541 These are the murderers. 93 00:12:33,899 --> 00:12:35,628 May god forgive them. 94 00:12:39,667 --> 00:12:41,175 And you too, sir. 95 00:12:49,714 --> 00:12:53,854 Captain Preston, you wish to engage my services in your defense? 96 00:12:54,936 --> 00:12:58,359 They've all refused us, sir, every man jack of them. 97 00:13:03,949 --> 00:13:06,281 They say you're a man of integrity, Mr. Adams. 98 00:13:08,420 --> 00:13:12,241 Well, you may expect from me no art of address, 99 00:13:12,361 --> 00:13:15,147 no sophistry or prevarication in such a cause. 100 00:13:15,957 --> 00:13:19,296 Nothing more than fact, evidence and the law will justify, 101 00:13:19,765 --> 00:13:21,011 Captain Preston. 102 00:13:23,716 --> 00:13:25,743 But before I can even consider taking your case, 103 00:13:25,863 --> 00:13:28,681 I must hear your account of what happened. 104 00:13:30,026 --> 00:13:33,038 My men came to the aid of a sentry outside the customhouse. 105 00:13:34,110 --> 00:13:36,231 He was being abused by the crowd. 106 00:13:37,433 --> 00:13:39,811 They asked me to empty their shit buckets. 107 00:13:40,368 --> 00:13:43,802 I told 'em to back off, but they kept at it... 108 00:13:45,390 --> 00:13:47,265 Screaming at me, 109 00:13:47,733 --> 00:13:48,800 throwing things. 110 00:13:49,444 --> 00:13:51,413 Mr. Montgomery called for the guard. 111 00:13:52,022 --> 00:13:55,113 I led them to the square, we made formation facing the crowd, 112 00:13:55,233 --> 00:13:57,296 bayonets fixed, muskets loaded. 113 00:13:57,416 --> 00:14:00,764 Look, I gave no order to fire, sir. I swear. 114 00:14:00,884 --> 00:14:03,048 I was standing in front of the men. 115 00:14:03,997 --> 00:14:06,821 I was talking to a big fella. 116 00:14:08,432 --> 00:14:10,306 He had a club and... 117 00:14:10,963 --> 00:14:12,849 I think they call him palmes. 118 00:14:13,441 --> 00:14:16,734 Yet some of your soldiers did fire, Captain Preston. 119 00:14:17,970 --> 00:14:21,258 As of this morning, five are dead... Men and boys. 120 00:14:22,919 --> 00:14:25,520 My men acted in self-defense, Mr. Adams, 121 00:14:26,188 --> 00:14:28,192 as god almighty is our judge. 122 00:14:33,729 --> 00:14:36,373 The hotheads have finally tasted blood. 123 00:14:37,796 --> 00:14:39,868 We cannot be surprised by it. 124 00:14:41,228 --> 00:14:44,548 The presence of the soldiers here is much resented. 125 00:14:44,857 --> 00:14:47,426 Of course, the people of Boston would be lining up 126 00:14:47,746 --> 00:14:50,313 to pay taxes if they were represented in parliament. 127 00:14:50,433 --> 00:14:52,451 But the fact remains that they're not, 128 00:14:52,571 --> 00:14:55,852 and defiance will not ensure their inclusion. 129 00:14:57,763 --> 00:14:59,968 Our other colonies understand this. Why can't Boston? 130 00:15:00,224 --> 00:15:02,816 Do you speak as yourself here or as the attorney general? 131 00:15:03,079 --> 00:15:05,235 The man and the office are one in the same. 132 00:15:10,312 --> 00:15:13,619 The Governor is pleased that you've taken on the Preston matter. 133 00:15:15,231 --> 00:15:18,666 I was not aware that the Governor took any notice of me at all. 134 00:15:19,268 --> 00:15:21,043 You do not think it merited? 135 00:15:22,815 --> 00:15:23,741 Well... 136 00:15:27,180 --> 00:15:29,051 It is not for me to say. 137 00:15:29,496 --> 00:15:31,371 Surely, John, you did not move your practice 138 00:15:31,491 --> 00:15:34,289 from the country to go unnoticed in Boston. 139 00:15:34,711 --> 00:15:38,130 Please do not trouble yourself with a rebuttal. 140 00:15:38,250 --> 00:15:39,585 I know you too well. 141 00:15:56,763 --> 00:15:58,216 You're a hero, boy. 142 00:16:27,294 --> 00:16:28,861 You haven't much of a case. 143 00:16:30,032 --> 00:16:31,113 Do I not? 144 00:16:31,995 --> 00:16:34,408 No Boston jury will ever vote for acquittal. 145 00:16:34,940 --> 00:16:37,562 Thank you for your kind advice, Sam. 146 00:16:38,616 --> 00:16:41,849 This is not a time for showing how clever you are, cousin. 147 00:16:44,181 --> 00:16:46,384 This is a time for choosing sides. 148 00:16:48,939 --> 00:16:52,378 I am for the law, cousin is there another side? 149 00:16:54,045 --> 00:16:57,598 There are those who fight for our rights as natural-born englishmen. 150 00:16:58,176 --> 00:17:00,726 and those that would strip us of those rights! 151 00:17:01,701 --> 00:17:04,642 I do not have the luxury of your birth or your purse, Sam, 152 00:17:04,762 --> 00:17:06,982 to spend my days fomenting dissension. 153 00:17:08,263 --> 00:17:10,861 I intend to prove this colony is governed by law... 154 00:17:13,031 --> 00:17:16,200 Whatever you and your sons of liberty may say on the matter! 155 00:17:17,358 --> 00:17:19,315 We're all sons of liberty here. 156 00:17:25,077 --> 00:17:26,854 The jury are all but certain 157 00:17:26,974 --> 00:17:29,963 to have judged this issue before they hear a word of evidence. 158 00:17:30,331 --> 00:17:33,606 "Does the government of king George have the right to tax the citizens of Boston 159 00:17:33,726 --> 00:17:37,145 when they are denied representation in the Parliament in Westminster?" 160 00:17:37,756 --> 00:17:39,982 Charles, stay away from the fire! 161 00:17:41,025 --> 00:17:43,977 But this is not a trial about taxes levied on Massachusetts. 162 00:17:44,138 --> 00:17:46,188 You would do well to acknowledge it. 163 00:17:46,348 --> 00:17:48,323 No, it is a trial about 164 00:17:48,443 --> 00:17:51,985 whether or not captain preston ordered his men to fire on that crowd, 165 00:17:52,145 --> 00:17:55,112 and if that crowd was a lawful assembly or a mob. 166 00:17:56,590 --> 00:17:58,158 Remove yourself, sir! 167 00:18:00,844 --> 00:18:01,664 Nabby! 168 00:18:02,356 --> 00:18:03,996 Charles, please. 169 00:18:05,332 --> 00:18:08,252 The resentment of Boston towards the crown is irrelevant! 170 00:18:08,413 --> 00:18:10,636 Do not ignore it. It must be said. 171 00:18:11,707 --> 00:18:13,781 Acknowledge it as a fact. 172 00:18:13,901 --> 00:18:17,302 Do not comment and sit in judgment of the jury's prejudice. 173 00:18:17,734 --> 00:18:21,181 Suggest that they must rise above it as you have done. 174 00:18:21,473 --> 00:18:23,851 You have a higher opinion of juries than I. 175 00:18:24,011 --> 00:18:26,283 You must persuade even more, 176 00:18:27,146 --> 00:18:31,314 and mask your impatience with those less intelligent than yourself. 177 00:18:33,046 --> 00:18:36,959 Good heaven. Is my demeanor in the court on trial now? 178 00:18:37,927 --> 00:18:41,252 I would not dream of telling you 179 00:18:41,372 --> 00:18:43,328 how to conduct yourself in court. 180 00:18:43,615 --> 00:18:44,872 Would you not? 181 00:18:48,712 --> 00:18:52,028 I heard Captain Preston plain as day. 182 00:18:53,323 --> 00:18:56,530 "damn your bloods!" he said. "you won't treat me this way." 183 00:19:04,709 --> 00:19:06,643 And how would you describe 184 00:19:06,803 --> 00:19:10,622 the behavior of these young lads 185 00:19:10,950 --> 00:19:12,816 just before the soldiers fired? 186 00:19:13,500 --> 00:19:15,785 Throwing snowballs. 187 00:19:19,090 --> 00:19:20,115 Snowballs! 188 00:19:21,504 --> 00:19:25,787 A terrifying prospect for armed soldiers... Snowballs! 189 00:19:26,797 --> 00:19:28,450 They didn't like it, sir. 190 00:19:28,807 --> 00:19:31,373 Chilly on the skin and all. 191 00:19:35,170 --> 00:19:36,055 Mr. Adams. 192 00:19:44,160 --> 00:19:47,381 Mr. Goddard, when you arrived in the square, 193 00:19:47,501 --> 00:19:50,089 you had ample opportunity to observe the crowd. 194 00:19:50,992 --> 00:19:52,481 I did, sir. 195 00:19:52,943 --> 00:19:57,027 And were any of them carrying anything apart from snowballs? 196 00:19:58,609 --> 00:19:59,780 Let me see. 197 00:20:07,047 --> 00:20:08,872 I don't recall, sir. 198 00:20:10,580 --> 00:20:12,730 Were any of these men carrying clubs? 199 00:20:13,562 --> 00:20:15,449 - They were, sir. - Indeed? 200 00:20:16,380 --> 00:20:17,839 A lawful assembly. 201 00:20:18,126 --> 00:20:22,040 Not a riot, a lawful assembly in which people were carrying clubs. 202 00:20:23,915 --> 00:20:27,010 To make certain nothing unlawful occurred, perhaps? 203 00:20:27,925 --> 00:20:29,730 The men are rope makers, sir. 204 00:20:30,175 --> 00:20:32,636 As any true Boston man would know, 205 00:20:33,098 --> 00:20:35,732 the clubs they were carrying are for beating out rope. 206 00:20:41,169 --> 00:20:43,653 For beating out rope, indeed? 207 00:20:44,813 --> 00:20:48,036 But could they not also be used for beating out men's brains? 208 00:20:50,041 --> 00:20:51,331 There was no riot! 209 00:20:51,492 --> 00:20:53,500 Any man who suggests there was is lying! 210 00:20:54,948 --> 00:20:55,780 Order! 211 00:21:13,342 --> 00:21:14,483 Mr. Goddard, 212 00:21:15,756 --> 00:21:17,898 where exactly were you standing when you say 213 00:21:18,018 --> 00:21:21,386 you heard the officer in the dock, Captain Preston, give the order to fire? 214 00:21:21,506 --> 00:21:23,866 Close enough to have touched him, sir. 215 00:21:25,094 --> 00:21:28,619 - And where was he standing? - He stood behind his men, sir. 216 00:21:30,871 --> 00:21:32,418 I see, I see. 217 00:21:33,957 --> 00:21:35,257 Behind his men? 218 00:21:37,062 --> 00:21:39,605 I will ask the jury to take note of that. 219 00:21:45,412 --> 00:21:46,619 Mr. Holmes... 220 00:21:48,178 --> 00:21:50,777 Would you please describe the events you witnessed 221 00:21:50,897 --> 00:21:52,619 on the night of march the 5th? 222 00:21:54,936 --> 00:21:55,736 I... 223 00:21:57,128 --> 00:21:59,155 saw some boys near the sentry... 224 00:22:00,479 --> 00:22:02,069 At the customhouse door. 225 00:22:03,432 --> 00:22:05,354 And what were they doing, these boys? 226 00:22:07,124 --> 00:22:09,493 Making a noise. Shouting... 227 00:22:10,347 --> 00:22:11,578 At the sentry? 228 00:22:12,374 --> 00:22:13,405 I suppose. 229 00:22:14,741 --> 00:22:16,416 Were they doing anything else? 230 00:22:20,285 --> 00:22:21,963 What were they doing? 231 00:22:24,101 --> 00:22:25,467 Throwing ice, sir, 232 00:22:26,211 --> 00:22:27,589 and oyster shells. 233 00:22:28,768 --> 00:22:32,004 And did this harassment continue? 234 00:22:32,124 --> 00:22:34,476 with the arrival of Captain Preston and his men? 235 00:22:34,909 --> 00:22:36,374 Yes. It did. 236 00:22:39,368 --> 00:22:43,578 Did you yourself pick up everything you could find and throw it at them? 237 00:22:45,910 --> 00:22:46,780 Yes, sir. 238 00:22:52,690 --> 00:22:54,913 How many people were there about, Mr. Holmes? 239 00:22:55,936 --> 00:22:59,251 Near 200 boys and men before it was over. 240 00:22:59,411 --> 00:23:02,147 200 boys and men. Good heavens. 241 00:23:02,947 --> 00:23:07,450 And as you say, they were throwing ice and oyster shells. 242 00:23:10,506 --> 00:23:12,722 Were they throwing anything else? 243 00:23:22,625 --> 00:23:25,379 Did they throw their clubs, Mr. Holmes? 244 00:23:34,853 --> 00:23:38,582 As you say, this crowd, they were making a great hullabaloo? 245 00:23:38,932 --> 00:23:40,420 - Yes. - They were shouting? 246 00:23:41,864 --> 00:23:44,171 What were they shouting to the soldiers? 247 00:23:44,893 --> 00:23:47,679 Just before the soldiers started shooting... 248 00:23:54,116 --> 00:23:55,897 ... I heard the people say... 249 00:23:58,218 --> 00:24:00,022 What did you hear them say? 250 00:24:06,253 --> 00:24:07,929 Please, Mr. Holmes. 251 00:24:10,706 --> 00:24:12,407 What did you hear them say? 252 00:24:16,146 --> 00:24:17,072 "Fire, 253 00:24:17,868 --> 00:24:19,567 "damn you. fire!" 254 00:24:20,265 --> 00:24:21,102 "Fire! 255 00:24:21,583 --> 00:24:22,415 "Fire! 256 00:24:22,637 --> 00:24:24,524 "Fire, damn you! Fire!" 257 00:24:27,413 --> 00:24:30,155 Now, did you take this to be the cry of "fire" 258 00:24:30,275 --> 00:24:32,093 or bidding these soldiers to fire? 259 00:24:32,379 --> 00:24:34,500 They meant for the soldiers to shoot, sir. 260 00:24:34,620 --> 00:24:38,558 You say that this crowd actually dared the soldiers to fire? 261 00:24:41,576 --> 00:24:42,779 That they did. 262 00:24:44,240 --> 00:24:46,149 God help me, they did. 263 00:24:53,401 --> 00:24:54,749 Thank you, sir. 264 00:25:38,588 --> 00:25:39,690 Mr. Palmes? 265 00:25:40,826 --> 00:25:41,830 Mr. Palmes. 266 00:25:43,414 --> 00:25:45,917 I know that you spoke to Captain Preston. 267 00:25:49,001 --> 00:25:52,007 I simply want you to say what you saw that evening. 268 00:25:57,034 --> 00:25:58,605 If british soldiers fired 269 00:25:58,968 --> 00:26:01,464 on a defenseless crowd without provocation 270 00:26:01,584 --> 00:26:04,386 I will be the first to want to see them hanged for it. 271 00:26:06,952 --> 00:26:08,697 But suppose they are innocent. 272 00:26:09,435 --> 00:26:12,402 I do not wish to see innocent men die in my name. 273 00:26:12,705 --> 00:26:13,592 Do you? 274 00:26:22,688 --> 00:26:24,680 I wish to point out that 275 00:26:24,800 --> 00:26:28,196 my next witness does not appear in support of either party. 276 00:26:29,041 --> 00:26:30,682 The court calls. 277 00:26:31,748 --> 00:26:33,049 Richard palmes. 278 00:26:34,607 --> 00:26:36,858 To come forth and be heard! 279 00:27:08,327 --> 00:27:09,425 Mr. Palmes, 280 00:27:10,421 --> 00:27:12,750 Captain Preston has told me... 281 00:27:13,951 --> 00:27:17,672 That you were standing next to him just before the fatal moment. 282 00:27:19,377 --> 00:27:20,212 I was. 283 00:27:20,652 --> 00:27:23,329 So close, in fact, that your coat 284 00:27:24,261 --> 00:27:26,726 was scorched with musket fire. 285 00:27:29,126 --> 00:27:32,666 Did you have occasion to exchange words with the accused? 286 00:27:33,404 --> 00:27:34,294 I did. 287 00:27:35,232 --> 00:27:36,611 What did you say to him? 288 00:27:38,722 --> 00:27:40,093 I asked him 289 00:27:41,177 --> 00:27:45,698 if he had intention to order his men to fire on the crowd. 290 00:27:46,472 --> 00:27:48,748 And what did Captain Preston reply? 291 00:27:49,180 --> 00:27:50,258 He said... 292 00:27:51,327 --> 00:27:53,705 As he was standing in front of them... 293 00:27:54,619 --> 00:27:56,756 He would be foolish to do so. 294 00:27:57,996 --> 00:28:02,191 So you are prepared to swear he was standing in front of his men... 295 00:28:03,150 --> 00:28:07,958 Not behind them as Mr. Goddard told us? 296 00:28:14,318 --> 00:28:15,439 Mr Palmes. 297 00:28:18,104 --> 00:28:20,530 And when did you hear the command to fire? 298 00:28:24,766 --> 00:28:27,357 After the first shot 299 00:28:28,236 --> 00:28:29,314 went off. 300 00:28:33,713 --> 00:28:36,678 And did these words come from behind his men? 301 00:28:39,022 --> 00:28:40,463 I think they did. 302 00:28:41,957 --> 00:28:45,930 Could you swear that Captain Preston did not shout that command? 303 00:28:49,777 --> 00:28:50,867 I could not. 304 00:29:01,371 --> 00:29:02,906 Very good, Mr. Palmes. 305 00:29:04,831 --> 00:29:07,194 Captain preston, you have heard the words of Richard Palmes. 306 00:29:07,314 --> 00:29:10,966 Do you agree that you were standing not behind, but in front of your men? 307 00:29:11,086 --> 00:29:12,210 I do, sir. 308 00:29:12,773 --> 00:29:13,605 Order! 309 00:29:16,564 --> 00:29:20,131 It was while I was speaking with him the first shot was fired, sir. 310 00:29:20,386 --> 00:29:23,257 - Without your giving orders? - Indeed, sir. 311 00:29:24,130 --> 00:29:27,423 If I may recall to the court the words of Richard Palmes. 312 00:29:28,003 --> 00:29:30,494 I asked him "and when did you hear the command to fire?" 313 00:29:30,614 --> 00:29:31,885 and he answered 314 00:29:32,682 --> 00:29:34,944 "after the first shot went off." 315 00:29:37,668 --> 00:29:38,942 Which man fired, Captain? 316 00:29:39,278 --> 00:29:42,301 Young Mont... Private Montgomery, sir. 317 00:29:43,051 --> 00:29:45,172 And what caused this man to fire, Captain? 318 00:29:46,021 --> 00:29:48,849 He received a severe blow with a club, sir. 319 00:29:54,221 --> 00:29:56,125 He fell to the ground 320 00:29:56,498 --> 00:29:58,256 and his musket discharged. 321 00:29:59,510 --> 00:30:03,037 After that happened, more clubs, bats... 322 00:30:06,879 --> 00:30:07,740 Order! 323 00:30:08,790 --> 00:30:09,744 Order! 324 00:30:09,980 --> 00:30:12,493 Planks rained down on my men! 325 00:30:13,216 --> 00:30:15,677 I was telling them not to fire, sir! 326 00:30:16,766 --> 00:30:17,566 Order! 327 00:30:17,849 --> 00:30:19,204 But some voices 328 00:30:20,049 --> 00:30:21,749 were urging them to fire. 329 00:30:23,067 --> 00:30:23,958 "Fire! 330 00:30:28,028 --> 00:30:30,201 "Shoot me if you dare." 331 00:30:31,110 --> 00:30:32,312 They were, sir. 332 00:30:32,715 --> 00:30:34,743 Where did these voices come from, Captain? 333 00:30:34,863 --> 00:30:37,167 >From the alley behind my men, sir. 334 00:30:37,424 --> 00:30:39,294 Voices from a crowd saying... 335 00:30:39,455 --> 00:30:43,298 Shouting "damn your bloods! Why don't you shoot fire?" 336 00:30:46,966 --> 00:30:50,904 kindly recall for the court the evidence of Robert Goddard. 337 00:30:52,685 --> 00:30:55,192 "I heard the voice of Captain Preston say 338 00:30:55,486 --> 00:30:56,986 "Damn your bloods!" 339 00:30:57,513 --> 00:31:00,080 "and then he gave the order to fire." 340 00:31:03,205 --> 00:31:04,190 Be still. 341 00:31:04,904 --> 00:31:08,748 - Allow me to finish. - Well? 342 00:31:09,182 --> 00:31:11,526 John, how can I answer if you'll not let me finish? 343 00:31:16,482 --> 00:31:18,474 - You did not like it. - I did not say that. 344 00:31:18,594 --> 00:31:20,045 You did not have to. 345 00:31:22,190 --> 00:31:24,130 It is a fine summary for the defense. 346 00:31:24,406 --> 00:31:26,433 There is... Is much to admire. 347 00:31:26,553 --> 00:31:29,023 It is, perhaps, at times... 348 00:31:31,343 --> 00:31:32,143 Yes? 349 00:31:35,303 --> 00:31:38,394 John, there's not a person in oston who doubts your education. 350 00:31:39,291 --> 00:31:41,611 Your command of language... 351 00:31:41,731 --> 00:31:43,991 Dear. You are charming me, abigail. 352 00:31:44,111 --> 00:31:45,620 You never charm me 353 00:31:47,108 --> 00:31:49,572 unless what you're about to say is cutting. 354 00:31:55,610 --> 00:31:56,547 Vanity. 355 00:31:57,860 --> 00:31:58,790 Vain? 356 00:31:59,169 --> 00:32:03,188 You have overburdened your argument with ostentatious erudition. 357 00:32:05,268 --> 00:32:08,091 You do not need to quote great men to show you are one. 358 00:32:15,326 --> 00:32:20,228 My purpose is to show that certain principles are eternal. 359 00:32:22,265 --> 00:32:26,630 And that men of great minds have... Why are you laughing? 360 00:32:26,750 --> 00:32:30,697 Through the ages agreed on certain basic principles. 361 00:32:31,457 --> 00:32:33,332 A noble purpose, no doubt. 362 00:32:34,656 --> 00:32:36,772 But some of the jury might think 363 00:32:37,405 --> 00:32:39,649 that you want to prove the brilliance of the speaker 364 00:32:39,769 --> 00:32:42,709 rather than the truth of the case he is arguing. 365 00:32:46,889 --> 00:32:50,171 Perhaps in certain passages, a more direct line... 366 00:32:51,143 --> 00:32:53,323 Might be an improvement. 367 00:32:57,040 --> 00:32:59,809 I can see that I am to have no sleep tonight. 368 00:33:32,441 --> 00:33:34,638 Would you have me lose all the quotations? 369 00:33:47,393 --> 00:33:50,026 What species of homicide is this? 370 00:33:50,835 --> 00:33:55,201 Here, in law, such a thing as voluntary manslaughter? 371 00:33:57,222 --> 00:33:59,118 No, a person cannot justify killing 372 00:33:59,412 --> 00:34:02,658 if he can by any means make his escape. 373 00:34:03,355 --> 00:34:05,761 **** 374 00:34:05,881 --> 00:34:08,025 Is guilty of malice aforethought. 375 00:34:08,277 --> 00:34:11,798 And malice was very much on these prisoners' minds. 376 00:34:12,627 --> 00:34:16,014 By the very act of loading their muskets with powder and ball, 377 00:34:16,134 --> 00:34:17,472 they have proved this. 378 00:34:17,592 --> 00:34:20,109 They stand condemned by their own actions. 379 00:34:24,887 --> 00:34:28,109 I ask that you heed the words of the indictment, 380 00:34:28,420 --> 00:34:32,474 that the accused, not having the fear of god before therir eyes, 381 00:34:32,911 --> 00:34:36,919 but being moved by the instigation of their own wicked hearts, 382 00:34:37,351 --> 00:34:40,504 did perpetrate nothing less than murder. 383 00:34:41,447 --> 00:34:44,080 You must pronounce them guilty! 384 00:35:03,691 --> 00:35:05,908 I am for the prisoners at the bar. 385 00:35:07,982 --> 00:35:11,845 In the words of the Marquis of Beccaria... 386 00:35:13,311 --> 00:35:16,637 "if by supporting the rights of mankind 387 00:35:17,119 --> 00:35:21,861 "I shall save from the agonies of death one unfortunate victim of tyranny, 388 00:35:22,256 --> 00:35:24,271 "or of ignorance equally fatal... 389 00:35:25,958 --> 00:35:28,513 "His blessings will be sufficient consolation to me 390 00:35:28,633 --> 00:35:31,114 "for the contempt of all mankind." 391 00:35:33,614 --> 00:35:36,185 When people are taxed without representation, 392 00:35:36,514 --> 00:35:39,133 they are sometimes to feel abused. 393 00:35:40,343 --> 00:35:42,604 And sometimes they may even rebel. 394 00:35:43,266 --> 00:35:45,641 But we must take care, 395 00:35:46,293 --> 00:35:50,842 lest borne away by a torrent of passion 396 00:35:51,762 --> 00:35:53,848 we make shipwreck of conscience. 397 00:35:57,286 --> 00:35:59,323 The prisoners must be judged solely 398 00:35:59,443 --> 00:36:03,718 upon the evidence produced against them in court and by nothing else. 399 00:36:04,205 --> 00:36:07,455 And the evidence we have heard speaks plainly enough, gentlemen. 400 00:36:09,883 --> 00:36:12,754 A sentry's post is his castle! 401 00:36:13,369 --> 00:36:17,105 And to attack it, by english law, is an illegal act. 402 00:36:18,216 --> 00:36:22,046 Soldiers so assaulted may defend themselves to the death. 403 00:36:22,972 --> 00:36:24,999 The people are crying, 404 00:36:25,919 --> 00:36:28,919 "kill them! Kill them! Knock them down!" 405 00:36:29,728 --> 00:36:32,991 and they're heaving sharp cutting ice, 406 00:36:33,577 --> 00:36:36,015 oyster shells, clubs. 407 00:36:38,827 --> 00:36:40,196 What are they to do, 408 00:36:40,765 --> 00:36:44,433 behave like stoic philosophers lost in apathy? 409 00:36:47,281 --> 00:36:49,057 Disregard these uniforms. 410 00:36:51,073 --> 00:36:53,691 Consider the men who wear them. 411 00:36:54,476 --> 00:36:57,137 Consider yourselves in such a situation 412 00:36:57,257 --> 00:37:01,478 and judge if a reasonable man would not fear for his life. 413 00:37:13,845 --> 00:37:17,049 Facts are stubborn things. 414 00:37:20,574 --> 00:37:23,550 See, whatever our wishes, our inclinations... 415 00:37:24,289 --> 00:37:26,128 Or the dictums of our passions... 416 00:37:27,165 --> 00:37:30,538 They cannot alter the state of facts and evidence. 417 00:37:33,346 --> 00:37:37,302 You see, the law on the one hand is inexorable to 418 00:37:37,422 --> 00:37:40,410 the cries and lamentations of the prisoners. 419 00:37:40,530 --> 00:37:42,897 But on the other hand, it is dea 420 00:37:43,179 --> 00:37:47,169 deaf as an adder to the clamors of the populace. 421 00:37:50,504 --> 00:37:52,601 Gentlemen of the jury, 422 00:37:52,976 --> 00:37:56,578 I submit to your candor and justice... 423 00:37:59,504 --> 00:38:01,145 The prisoners and their cause. 424 00:38:08,728 --> 00:38:10,353 All those trees we planted... 425 00:38:10,473 --> 00:38:13,831 Keep them well pruned. They should fetch a shilling each. 426 00:38:15,498 --> 00:38:19,901 And maybe we should try flax instead of corn this year in the north pasture. 427 00:38:31,912 --> 00:38:35,146 - The jury's back already, sir. - Thank you. 428 00:38:37,862 --> 00:38:39,899 An ill omen for our side. 429 00:38:40,498 --> 00:38:41,298 Go. 430 00:38:47,980 --> 00:38:49,867 Don't leave those lying all about, Charles. 431 00:39:15,333 --> 00:39:16,183 Here. 432 00:39:22,620 --> 00:39:23,604 Well done. 433 00:39:33,302 --> 00:39:36,080 On the charge of murder... 434 00:39:38,125 --> 00:39:40,957 We the jury find the accused, 435 00:39:41,461 --> 00:39:43,230 Captain Thomas Preston, 436 00:39:44,677 --> 00:39:45,650 not guilty. 437 00:40:08,532 --> 00:40:11,073 On the charge of murder, 438 00:40:11,234 --> 00:40:12,978 we the jury find the accused: 439 00:40:13,098 --> 00:40:15,399 John Carroll, James Hartigan, 440 00:40:15,891 --> 00:40:18,575 Matthew Kilroy, William Mccauley, 441 00:40:19,079 --> 00:40:21,552 Hugh Montgomery, William Warren, 442 00:40:22,109 --> 00:40:24,693 William Wemms and Hugh White... 443 00:40:28,200 --> 00:40:29,400 Not guilty. 444 00:40:50,147 --> 00:40:52,990 There being further business before the court 445 00:40:53,777 --> 00:40:55,176 I hereby declare 446 00:40:56,328 --> 00:40:58,126 this session adjourned! 447 00:41:02,156 --> 00:41:03,667 God save the King! 448 00:41:04,001 --> 00:41:05,793 God save the King! 449 00:41:06,081 --> 00:41:08,102 - God save your King! - Move. 450 00:41:10,123 --> 00:41:11,067 Bastard. 451 00:41:20,909 --> 00:41:22,978 - Well well, gentlemen. - Thank you, sir. 452 00:41:27,768 --> 00:41:29,485 Please take this, sir. 453 00:41:30,161 --> 00:41:32,363 It isn't much, but it's from the lot of us... 454 00:41:33,001 --> 00:41:36,043 Now if I were you, I'd confine myself to barracks for a good while, yeah? 455 00:41:37,970 --> 00:41:39,913 What about yourself, Mr. Adams? 456 00:41:40,033 --> 00:41:43,207 You really think you're gonna be safe from this rabble? 457 00:41:50,378 --> 00:41:52,779 No, you forget, Captain Preston, 458 00:41:53,203 --> 00:41:56,707 you have just been acquitted by a jury of New England men. 459 00:41:57,726 --> 00:42:00,057 Massachusetts is my country, sir. 460 00:42:01,516 --> 00:42:03,143 - With me, lads. - Thank you, sir. 461 00:42:35,223 --> 00:42:37,469 I have done it, Mrs. Adams. 462 00:42:44,539 --> 00:42:47,925 There will be no living with you at all now, I suppose. 463 00:42:52,435 --> 00:42:55,774 Children, congratulate your father. 464 00:42:56,424 --> 00:42:59,599 - Congratulations, father. - Thank you. 465 00:43:00,443 --> 00:43:02,271 - Charles, fetch my pipe. - Yes, sir. 466 00:43:02,391 --> 00:43:04,076 - Nabby, tea. - Yes, father. 467 00:43:04,780 --> 00:43:05,580 Johnny, 468 00:43:06,327 --> 00:43:09,227 come here and help me with my boots. 469 00:43:09,347 --> 00:43:11,253 - Yes, father. - There we are. 470 00:43:14,820 --> 00:43:15,804 Harder! 471 00:43:18,860 --> 00:43:19,957 There we go. 472 00:43:24,917 --> 00:43:29,805 Whatever the cost to your practice, your defense of Captain Preston 473 00:43:29,925 --> 00:43:32,775 has earned you a reputation for impartiality. 474 00:43:33,952 --> 00:43:37,350 If you were now to speak out in opposition to the crown, 475 00:43:37,807 --> 00:43:40,658 it would lend gravity to our cause. 476 00:43:40,819 --> 00:43:42,830 I know you share our sympathies, cousin. 477 00:43:44,757 --> 00:43:48,208 Why not stand for election on the Massachusetts council? 478 00:43:51,110 --> 00:43:53,088 I have no talent for politics. 479 00:43:53,732 --> 00:43:56,423 I am by nature far too independent-minded. 480 00:43:58,168 --> 00:43:59,167 And besides, 481 00:43:59,739 --> 00:44:03,347 I hardly think that my name will add luster to your cause at this time. 482 00:44:03,934 --> 00:44:06,892 Half my clients have left me since the trial. 483 00:44:08,178 --> 00:44:10,790 I have already served one term on the Massachusetts council 484 00:44:10,910 --> 00:44:13,375 and it made me ill with work, 485 00:44:14,101 --> 00:44:18,035 work which made it almost impossible for me to attend to my practice. 486 00:44:18,258 --> 00:44:20,280 I have no desire to serve again. 487 00:44:20,440 --> 00:44:22,703 I thank you for your offer, gentlemen... 488 00:44:25,966 --> 00:44:29,405 But my family must take precedence. 489 00:44:31,869 --> 00:44:34,253 Many in Boston are unable to make their living. 490 00:44:35,664 --> 00:44:37,715 The crown's policies are reducing them to poverty. 491 00:44:37,974 --> 00:44:39,967 - You exaggerate, sir. - We are required... 492 00:44:40,961 --> 00:44:42,637 We are required to import british goods 493 00:44:42,757 --> 00:44:44,675 and then expected to pay for the privilege. 494 00:44:44,795 --> 00:44:46,998 They've taxed our paper, our glass, 495 00:44:47,420 --> 00:44:51,721 the lead in our paint... even our playing cards and dice. 496 00:44:51,841 --> 00:44:54,148 All such taxes, I remind you, repealed. 497 00:44:54,308 --> 00:44:57,139 Repealed because we've spoken out against them. 498 00:44:58,333 --> 00:45:00,195 And we'll continue to do so. 499 00:45:01,427 --> 00:45:04,032 without your support it would seem. 500 00:45:12,928 --> 00:45:15,014 I cannot oblige you, gentlemen. 501 00:45:18,702 --> 00:45:19,581 I'm sorry. 502 00:45:24,081 --> 00:45:27,836 The office of advocate general in the court of admiralty 503 00:45:27,956 --> 00:45:30,768 - has become vacant. - Is that so? 504 00:45:34,376 --> 00:45:36,857 I have spoken about you to the Governor. 505 00:45:38,229 --> 00:45:41,223 We were both of the opinion that you would be... 506 00:45:41,855 --> 00:45:43,238 the ideal candidate. 507 00:45:44,292 --> 00:45:45,862 I'm flattered. 508 00:45:50,030 --> 00:45:53,089 A recommendation has been agreed to by the King. 509 00:45:54,161 --> 00:45:55,876 The appointment is yours, John, 510 00:45:57,221 --> 00:46:01,215 and brings with it the powers and privileges attached to the King's name. 511 00:46:02,072 --> 00:46:03,725 Congratulations, John. 512 00:46:08,783 --> 00:46:10,182 It's no secret, John 513 00:46:10,789 --> 00:46:13,236 that your practice has fallen off since the trial. 514 00:46:16,200 --> 00:46:18,816 For the most part, that is the case. 515 00:46:19,172 --> 00:46:22,172 This would be an entree to the most profitable business in the colony. 516 00:46:29,016 --> 00:46:30,786 What do you say, my friend? 517 00:46:39,724 --> 00:46:41,213 You do not speak, John. 518 00:46:43,538 --> 00:46:45,272 qui tacet consentire 519 00:46:49,890 --> 00:46:53,666 Mrs. Adams means to say that her husband's silence suggests 520 00:46:54,380 --> 00:46:58,048 that he is willing to have his name put forward to King George. 521 00:47:18,386 --> 00:47:20,424 My father was a shoemaker. 522 00:47:24,537 --> 00:47:26,754 My mother could not read. 523 00:47:29,079 --> 00:47:32,347 and I have been singled out for preferment by the King of England. 524 00:47:39,941 --> 00:47:41,449 I am for the law... 525 00:47:44,513 --> 00:47:47,575 and yet, in whom is the power of that law vested? 526 00:47:49,284 --> 00:47:50,358 The King. 527 00:47:53,897 --> 00:47:55,555 I am for the law... 528 00:47:57,734 --> 00:48:00,066 And yet who can give me preferment? 529 00:48:02,363 --> 00:48:03,874 The King of England. 530 00:48:10,564 --> 00:48:15,417 To be the King's man, and all that it would carry with it. 531 00:48:25,102 --> 00:48:27,562 So what is it Mr. Hancock requires of me? 532 00:48:27,682 --> 00:48:29,262 He would like your advice. 533 00:48:29,382 --> 00:48:31,605 If he is in need of legal advice, I will speak to him. 534 00:48:31,725 --> 00:48:33,951 but if this is yet again an exercise to win me over... 535 00:48:34,208 --> 00:48:35,614 John, this is business, John. 536 00:48:36,833 --> 00:48:39,109 The Dartmouth, the Eleanor, the Beaver, 537 00:48:39,229 --> 00:48:42,209 just in, their holds full of tea. 538 00:48:42,664 --> 00:48:46,004 All british ships. the King demands that their cargo be unloaded, 539 00:48:46,267 --> 00:48:49,572 cargo on which we, the citizens of Boston, must pay a new tax. 540 00:48:50,978 --> 00:48:53,661 You will not land this cargo, gentlemen! 541 00:48:53,913 --> 00:48:55,835 This is legitimate cargo, 542 00:48:55,955 --> 00:48:59,851 tea from the east india company that you are bound by law to unload. 543 00:49:00,012 --> 00:49:01,833 What's legitimate about it, friend? 544 00:49:01,953 --> 00:49:04,487 No other tea is allowed in Boston harbor! 545 00:49:04,720 --> 00:49:07,650 Either we drink the King's foul brew or nothing at all. 546 00:49:08,001 --> 00:49:11,530 - And who may you be, sir? - John Hancock, ship owner. 547 00:49:12,027 --> 00:49:15,617 - Not John Hancock, smuggler? - watch your words, sir! 548 00:49:16,095 --> 00:49:18,954 I'm an honest man being strangled by monopoly! 549 00:49:19,114 --> 00:49:21,482 - Shame on you, sir! - Shame on you! 550 00:49:24,755 --> 00:49:25,977 Shame on you! 551 00:49:26,371 --> 00:49:27,313 Shame on you! 552 00:49:31,783 --> 00:49:32,583 Sam! 553 00:49:32,794 --> 00:49:35,178 Teach him a lesson! tar the bastard! 554 00:49:37,507 --> 00:49:38,416 No, Sam. 555 00:49:48,393 --> 00:49:49,860 For the love of god, Sam! 556 00:49:59,005 --> 00:50:01,371 This is barbarism! Barbarism! 557 00:51:21,867 --> 00:51:23,161 Do you approve of this? 558 00:51:23,847 --> 00:51:26,191 People are hurt when they fight for what is rightfully theirs! 559 00:51:26,311 --> 00:51:29,735 Do you approve of brutal and illegal acts 560 00:51:30,027 --> 00:51:32,382 to enforce a political principle, Sam? 561 00:51:33,454 --> 00:51:35,200 Answer me that, can you? 562 00:51:58,993 --> 00:52:02,055 I am afraid of where this may lead us... 563 00:52:04,967 --> 00:52:07,737 if we do not chart our course carefully... 564 00:52:08,754 --> 00:52:09,727 together. 565 00:52:11,280 --> 00:52:15,194 This colony does not dictate to Parliament, 566 00:52:16,167 --> 00:52:17,163 nor to the King. 567 00:52:18,306 --> 00:52:21,692 if the Crown decides tea is to be taxed, it will be taxed. 568 00:52:23,257 --> 00:52:25,098 Would you have the Empire bankrupted? 569 00:52:26,157 --> 00:52:28,900 The war we fought to expand our territory, 570 00:52:29,020 --> 00:52:31,384 to protect our borders from the Indians 571 00:52:31,504 --> 00:52:33,659 and their French allies, it was a costly affair. 572 00:52:33,779 --> 00:52:36,204 I'm not here to debate the necessity of taxes, 573 00:52:36,324 --> 00:52:38,153 but the manner in which they are imposed. 574 00:52:38,313 --> 00:52:40,822 Massachusetts must shoulder its share of the burden. 575 00:52:42,087 --> 00:52:44,668 and be treated as second-class citizens? 576 00:52:44,788 --> 00:52:47,355 Without the rights and liberties of natural-born englishmen... 577 00:52:47,654 --> 00:52:50,832 Liberty in this colony has often carried a taint of anarchy. 578 00:52:55,261 --> 00:52:57,173 My offer still stands, John. 579 00:53:00,014 --> 00:53:03,125 The Crown has a high opinion of you. So do I. 580 00:53:11,629 --> 00:53:15,713 The Crown is misguided, but it is not despotic. 581 00:53:16,111 --> 00:53:18,150 I firmly believe that. 582 00:53:18,607 --> 00:53:20,177 Your cousin does not. 583 00:53:20,821 --> 00:53:23,823 nor his many friends. They have cause. 584 00:53:24,688 --> 00:53:26,979 it seems my cousin and his friends 585 00:53:27,099 --> 00:53:30,659 intend to take the government of this colony into their own hands. 586 00:53:38,141 --> 00:53:40,899 People are in need of strong governance. 587 00:53:44,536 --> 00:53:45,520 Restraint. 588 00:53:47,688 --> 00:53:51,331 Most men are weak and evil and vicious. 589 00:54:13,529 --> 00:54:18,211 "Whereas dangerous insurrections have been fomented in the town of Boston 590 00:54:18,565 --> 00:54:21,089 "to the utter subversion of his Majesty's government 591 00:54:21,866 --> 00:54:24,736 "and the utter destruction of the public peace, 592 00:54:25,503 --> 00:54:28,068 "be it enacted that no goods or merchandise 593 00:54:28,188 --> 00:54:32,515 "whatever be transported to or brought from any other colony 594 00:54:32,730 --> 00:54:33,768 "or country." 595 00:54:35,265 --> 00:54:38,648 "Be it enacted for the suppression of riots, tumults, 596 00:54:39,008 --> 00:54:43,918 "all disturbers of the King's peace are to be transported to England for trial." 597 00:54:46,107 --> 00:54:50,160 "Any british soldier or officer charged with a capital crime 598 00:54:51,905 --> 00:54:54,193 "will, in like manner, be transported out of the colony 599 00:54:54,313 --> 00:54:56,998 "to receive a fair hearing." 600 00:54:58,986 --> 00:55:00,980 "Be it enacted that for better regulating 601 00:55:01,100 --> 00:55:02,893 "the Government of Massachusetts, 602 00:55:03,013 --> 00:55:06,505 "the present council is to be immediately disbanded." 603 00:55:07,068 --> 00:55:09,130 "Be it enacted that Royal Army officers 604 00:55:09,250 --> 00:55:12,470 "are authorized to quarter their troops among the citizenry. 605 00:55:13,179 --> 00:55:16,085 "General Thomas Gage is hereby dispatched 606 00:55:16,519 --> 00:55:19,987 "with four of our regiments to compel compliance 607 00:55:20,107 --> 00:55:21,733 "with all these measures." 608 00:55:22,514 --> 00:55:24,611 Gage's ships will close up the bay 609 00:55:24,893 --> 00:55:27,559 and cut us off from the rest of the country. 610 00:55:31,340 --> 00:55:33,320 Boston must suffer martyrdom. 611 00:55:34,346 --> 00:55:37,123 Our principal consolation is that it dies a noble death. 612 00:55:38,031 --> 00:55:40,186 Our people will not stand idly by. 613 00:55:41,311 --> 00:55:43,546 They have weapons and they know how to use them. 614 00:55:43,975 --> 00:55:45,955 Against the british Empire? 615 00:55:57,168 --> 00:55:59,198 A congress will be meeting in Philadelphia 616 00:55:59,318 --> 00:56:02,507 to determine how to recover our rights and liberties. 617 00:56:03,021 --> 00:56:06,043 I have nominated you to represent Massachusetts. 618 00:56:07,538 --> 00:56:09,178 We're sending five men. 619 00:56:09,764 --> 00:56:11,533 You should be among them. 620 00:56:12,694 --> 00:56:15,998 Does this congress have any legal authority? 621 00:56:18,658 --> 00:56:21,918 Since all assemblies have been outlawed, I cannot imagine that it does. 622 00:56:23,637 --> 00:56:27,047 I repeat, does this congress have any legal authority? 623 00:56:34,819 --> 00:56:35,873 Tosspots. 624 00:56:38,873 --> 00:56:42,160 Massachusetts is in a state of open rebellion... 625 00:56:42,280 --> 00:56:44,102 The abuse of customs officers, 626 00:56:44,222 --> 00:56:47,530 342 chests of tea spilled into the harbor by 627 00:56:47,927 --> 00:56:49,966 vandals masquerading as indians. 628 00:56:50,305 --> 00:56:52,555 The time for gentleness has passed. 629 00:56:58,335 --> 00:57:02,495 These acts strip us of our rights, Jonathan, our rights... 630 00:57:05,647 --> 00:57:07,714 The power of self government, 631 00:57:08,754 --> 00:57:11,948 the replacement of court officers loyal to the Crown... 632 00:57:12,670 --> 00:57:14,596 The position that you yourself offered me. 633 00:57:14,757 --> 00:57:17,207 - Which you refused. - I would no doubt be ineligible 634 00:57:17,327 --> 00:57:19,622 for now as I am not a loyal tory. 635 00:57:22,353 --> 00:57:25,677 The Crown believes that the courts of Massachusetts are hopelessly biased. 636 00:57:25,797 --> 00:57:28,443 They can no longer be trusted to deliver justice. 637 00:57:30,143 --> 00:57:30,999 I see. 638 00:57:33,231 --> 00:57:36,117 Did Captain Preston and his soldiers not receive justice? 639 00:57:38,323 --> 00:57:41,449 I staked my reputation and the security of my family 640 00:57:41,569 --> 00:57:43,625 on a case that will now be tried in England 641 00:57:44,109 --> 00:57:45,919 because he is an english officer? 642 00:57:48,278 --> 00:57:52,895 Are we considered too young, too unprincipled to understand justice? 643 00:57:53,879 --> 00:57:55,426 the Crown has ruled, John. 644 00:57:56,140 --> 00:57:58,976 The only reasonable course left is obedience. 645 00:57:59,096 --> 00:58:03,195 and you would do well to remember that and act accordingly, old friend. 646 00:58:12,123 --> 00:58:13,905 Good day, old friend. 647 00:59:21,838 --> 00:59:25,101 >From our committee of correspondence in Virginia, 648 00:59:25,261 --> 00:59:27,312 we hear that the house of burgesses 649 00:59:27,472 --> 00:59:29,142 has selected deputies to join 650 00:59:29,262 --> 00:59:31,524 the great continental congress. 651 00:59:34,907 --> 00:59:38,031 We have heard tonight from our own representatives to congress 652 00:59:38,519 --> 00:59:40,283 convening in Philadelphia... 653 00:59:41,042 --> 00:59:42,589 Mr. John Hancock... 654 00:59:43,549 --> 00:59:47,545 Mr. Robert treat Paine and Mr. Elbridge Gerry. 655 00:59:48,629 --> 00:59:52,408 I give you now a new delegate from Massachusetts... 656 00:59:53,717 --> 00:59:56,307 a man whose prudence 657 00:59:57,250 --> 01:00:00,367 and probity are well known to you all... 658 01:00:02,546 --> 01:00:04,691 Mr. John Adams! 659 01:00:28,284 --> 01:00:31,042 - let it be known... - Speak up! 660 01:00:42,853 --> 01:00:44,355 Let it be known 661 01:00:44,824 --> 01:00:49,102 that british liberties are not the grants of princes or parliaments... 662 01:00:50,947 --> 01:00:55,007 that many of our rights are inherent and essential... 663 01:00:57,102 --> 01:01:00,505 agreed on as maxims and established as preliminaries 664 01:01:00,625 --> 01:01:02,907 even before parliament existed. 665 01:01:07,171 --> 01:01:11,175 We have a right to them, derived from our maker. 666 01:01:16,417 --> 01:01:18,331 Our forefathers have earned 667 01:01:18,451 --> 01:01:21,490 and bought liberty for us at the expense of their ease, 668 01:01:21,610 --> 01:01:24,425 their estates, their pleasures and their blood. 669 01:01:26,624 --> 01:01:28,362 Liberty is not built on the doctrine that 670 01:01:28,482 --> 01:01:31,580 a few nobles have a right to inherit the earth. 671 01:01:35,975 --> 01:01:38,342 It stands on this principle: 672 01:01:38,462 --> 01:01:41,548 that the meanest and lowest of the people are, 673 01:01:42,288 --> 01:01:45,646 by the unalterable, indefeasible laws of god 674 01:01:45,766 --> 01:01:49,287 and nature, as well entitled to the benefit of the air to breathe, 675 01:01:49,407 --> 01:01:54,059 light to see, food to eat and clothes to wear as the nobles or the King. 676 01:01:56,671 --> 01:01:57,915 That is liberty... 677 01:01:59,759 --> 01:02:02,987 and liberty will reign in America! 678 01:02:26,492 --> 01:02:29,159 they have chosen their delegate well, John. 679 01:02:29,279 --> 01:02:30,392 Have they? 680 01:02:31,049 --> 01:02:34,537 To argue against the Crown, the commons, the lords... 681 01:02:34,825 --> 01:02:38,629 No, we New England men are not fit for the times, 682 01:02:39,580 --> 01:02:42,586 What have we seen of the world beyond Boston? 683 01:02:43,126 --> 01:02:44,876 What have we seen? 684 01:02:47,124 --> 01:02:49,085 I fear we not know what we do, 685 01:02:51,615 --> 01:02:54,069 When men know not what to do, 686 01:02:54,533 --> 01:02:57,351 they ought not to do they know not what. 687 01:03:40,318 --> 01:03:42,699 I want you to keep your head and look after your mother 688 01:03:42,819 --> 01:03:44,396 and your brother and your sister. 689 01:03:44,516 --> 01:03:46,636 Charles, put those things back! 690 01:03:46,756 --> 01:03:48,922 Are these britches suitably dignified 691 01:03:49,042 --> 01:03:51,698 for a delegate of the great continental congress of America? 692 01:03:52,577 --> 01:03:55,196 A delegate's britches are one of his most important tools. 693 01:03:55,316 --> 01:03:56,427 Why is that? 694 01:03:56,755 --> 01:03:59,151 Because the art of politics is the art of applying 695 01:03:59,271 --> 01:04:01,722 the seat of the britches to the seat of the chair. 696 01:04:06,579 --> 01:04:07,727 It's the procession! 697 01:04:21,815 --> 01:04:24,457 All a gift from the sons of liberty! 698 01:04:27,828 --> 01:04:29,058 God help us. 699 01:04:29,594 --> 01:04:31,866 My old horse will suit me just fine, Sam. 700 01:04:32,374 --> 01:04:34,616 A plain horse for plain John Adams. 701 01:04:37,792 --> 01:04:39,389 Well, come on, John! 702 01:04:43,535 --> 01:04:47,241 and if it is a girl, we will name her Elizabeth, 703 01:04:48,359 --> 01:04:51,074 - after your mother. - Your favorite waistcoat. 704 01:04:51,790 --> 01:04:54,208 - I have not packed it. - It's nothing. 705 01:04:55,629 --> 01:04:57,055 Will you be safe? 706 01:04:58,159 --> 01:05:00,795 We will go to the farm. We will be fine. 707 01:05:01,887 --> 01:05:04,131 Won't let anyone steal the place. 708 01:05:04,377 --> 01:05:06,400 Been in your family since Charles II. 709 01:05:15,508 --> 01:05:16,257 Go. 710 01:05:31,929 --> 01:05:33,417 Forgive me, Abigail. 711 01:05:34,826 --> 01:05:36,097 For what, John? 712 01:05:39,817 --> 01:05:41,790 Goodbye, you little pumpkins. 713 01:05:42,929 --> 01:05:45,013 John, you remember what I said. 714 01:05:49,146 --> 01:05:50,403 To Philadelphia! 715 01:05:55,179 --> 01:05:56,269 To congress! 716 01:07:10,073 --> 01:07:10,873 In.