Credit: The Print Collection, Lewis Walpole Library, Yale University Media type: political cartoon Museum Number: Year: 1776

Credit: Architect of the Capitol Media type: painting Museum Number: Year: 1820

Credit: Architect of the Capitol Media type: painting Museum Number: Year: 1817

Credit: National Gallery of Art Media type: painting Museum Number: Year: 1778

Credit: Architect of the Capitol Media type: painting Museum Number: Annotation: Trumbull’s Declaration of Independence Year: 1817

Credit: Architect of the Capitol Media type: painting Museum Number: Year: 1817

Credit: Library of Congress Media type: engraving Museum Number: LC-USZC4-4600 Annotation: This engraving by Paul Revere depicts the Boston Massacre of 1770. British soldiers under Captain Thomas Preston fired on a Boston crowd, killing five and wounding six. In a subsequent trial, in which John Adams defended the soldiers, all but two of the soldiers were acquitted of murder.…