In response to the Boston Massacre Governor Thomas Hutchinson?

Question

In response to the Boston Massacre Governor Thomas Hutchinson

a)promised a fair trial
b)resigned his office to defend his native bostonians during the trial
c)became a leader in the "patriot"party
d)joined the Americans in their condemnation of British policy

Answer 1

There's a bit of a hint in that b, c and d are all similar, in that they suggest Hutchinson sided with the colonists vs. Britain. Only a does not imply this. In fact, Hutchinson repeatedly defended British policy AGAINST the colonists.

On this specific occasion, Hutchinson was pressured by an angry mob about what he would do. He calmed them by his response, "Let the law have its course. I will live and die by the law."
http://jurist.law.pitt.edu/trials19.htm

As for the trials themselves --these were against the soldiers, NOT the people of Boston, and the man who agreed to defend them, on principle, was none other than patriot John Adams (who was successful).
http://www.law.umkc.edu/faculty/projects/ftrials/bostonmassacre/keyfigures.html#John