Click here to watch an excerpt from the HBO series "John Adams":
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Once you have watched the excerpt and taken some notes on it, click on the words "Submit Assignment" that you'll see on the right side of this page. Wait for the next page to appear. In the text box that you'll see, write AT LEAST 10 complete sentences in which you explore:
1) what was being voted on.
2) why you believe that the attitude and reaction among the men who just voted was so serious and subdued.