Josiah Quincy Jr.

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American colonial politician lawyer patriot leader person

Josiah Quincy Jr. was a prominent colonial American lawyer and patriot leader who, despite his opposition to British policies, helped defend the British soldiers involved in the Boston Massacre.

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Josiah Quincy 1
Josiah Quincy II 1

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Predicate Object
instanceOf American colonial politician ⓘ
lawyer ⓘ
patriot leader ⓘ
person ⓘ
advocatedFor colonial rights ⓘ
resistance to Parliamentary taxation ⓘ
birthDate 1744-02-23 ⓘ
causeOfDeath tuberculosis ⓘ
child Josiah Quincy III ⓘ
coCounselWith John Adams ⓘ
countryOfCitizenship British America ⓘ
deathDate 1775-04-26 ⓘ
diedShortlyBefore Battles of Lexington and Concord ⓘ
educatedAt Harvard University ⓘ
surface form: Harvard College
ethnicGroup English American ⓘ
familyName Quincy, Massachusetts ⓘ
surface form: Quincy
father Josiah Quincy Jr. self-linksurface differs ⓘ
surface form: Josiah Quincy
givenName Josiah ⓘ
hasSignature Signature of Josiah Quincy Jr. (1744–1775).svg ⓘ
honorificSuffix Jr. ⓘ
knownFor opposition to British colonial policies ⓘ
participation in the legal defense of the British soldiers in the Boston Massacre trial ⓘ
patriot leadership in pre-Revolutionary Boston ⓘ
languageOfWorkOrName English ⓘ
legalAdvisorTo Boston patriots ⓘ
memberOf Sons of Liberty ⓘ
mother Abigail Phillips Quincy ⓘ
notableWork Journal, 1774–1775 ⓘ
Observations on the Act of Parliament commonly called the Boston Port-Bill ⓘ
Reports of Cases Argued and Adjudged in the Superior Court of Judicature of the Province of Massachusetts Bay ⓘ
Thoughts on Standing Armies ⓘ
occupation lawyer ⓘ
orator ⓘ
political essayist ⓘ
participatedIn Boston Massacre ⓘ
surface form: Boston Massacre trials
partOf Quincy family of Massachusetts ⓘ
placeOfBirth Boston, Massachusetts ⓘ
surface form: Boston
placeOfDeath at sea ⓘ
politicalAlignment Patriot (American Revolution) ⓘ
purposeOfTravel to seek support for the American colonial cause ⓘ
religion Congregationalism ⓘ
residence Boston, Massachusetts ⓘ
surface form: Boston
returnedFrom England ⓘ
spouse Abigail Phillips Quincy ⓘ
surface form: Abigail Phillips Quincy Jr.
traveledTo London, England ⓘ
surface form: London
wroteAbout British constitutional rights in the colonies ⓘ
standing armies in peacetime ⓘ

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Journal, 1774–1775 → associatedWith → Josiah Quincy Jr. ⓘ
Journal, 1774–1775 → author → Josiah Quincy Jr. ⓘ
Thoughts on Standing Armies → author → Josiah Quincy Jr. ⓘ
Josiah Quincy Jr. → father → Josiah Quincy Jr. self-linksurface differs ⓘ
this entity surface form: Josiah Quincy
Boston Massacre → hasDefenseCounsel → Josiah Quincy Jr. ⓘ
this entity surface form: Josiah Quincy II
Dorothy Quincy → relative → Josiah Quincy Jr. ⓘ
Captain Thomas Preston → wasDefendedBy → Josiah Quincy Jr. ⓘ