Video: American History - Foundations of American Government
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Description: Investigate new findings from the night that helped bring America into the Revolutionary War. Watch Thomas Jefferson articulate the ideals of a new and free nation. Witness the struggles faced by the Constitution's framers and peruse the first 10 amendments, otherwise known as the Bill of Rights. © 2005 Discovery Channel School Grades: 6-12 (55 min.)
Segments:
The Story Behind the Boston Massacre (34:55)
Introduction (01:04)
The Boston Massacre: What We Know about This Revolutionary Flashpoint (02:28)
Questions about What Really Happened during the Boston Massacre (02:36)
Tensions between British and Patriots Escalate (01:39)
Paul Revere's Incorrect Engraving: The Defining Portrait of the Boston Massacre
(02:31)
Reenacting the Boston Massacre Based on Eyewitness Accounts (05:28)
Acoustic Simulation of the Boston Massacre: Did Capt. Preston Give a Command to
Shoot? (05:02)
Diagramming the Scene of the Boston Massacre (04:04)
Reenacting the Boston Massacre: Studying the Victims' Gunshot Wounds (04:26)
Conclusions From the Boston Massacre Investigation and History's Decision
(05:32)
Writing the Declaration of Independence (04:31)
Composing the Constitution (03:35)
Establishing the Bill of Rights (03:50)