Historical Refelction

Of all of the historical figures we have studied this year, including—but definitely not limited to—Presidents, philosophers, politicians, leaders, social movement-ers, and the many everyday people that have contributed to American history & culture, who would you most like to run into in college?

Describe specifically how you would interact with this person—is he/she a professor at your university? a fellow student? a leader? visiting campus? Cite at least three relevant primary sources for your quotes. If you are unsure what a primary source is, please check with me!

I think the most interesting character that we have learned about this year is John Adams. I think he would be an excellent choice to be my college campus leader because he was such a popular founding father and he supported equal rights for all diversities even if they were slaves. What also surprised be was he defended the British during the Boston Massacre, which was so strange because he was protecting them. He said that, "It is more important that innocence be protected than it is that guilt be punished, for guilt and crimes are so frequent in this world that they cannot all be punished. But if innocence itself is brought to the bar and condemned, perhaps to die, then the citizen will say," This shows how in his philosophy he supports every person and believes that they should have natural rights and a trial to defend themselves. Due to these events that had transpired it made it easier for me to see John Adams as the leader of my future college because he helped to create the building blocks for America's Constitution and laws.