How Did Hewes Become Revolutionary

George Robert Twelves Hewes played a significant role during the American Revolution. However, as a shoemaker, the society could have forgotten him if it were not for the historical events that occurred in the 1830s. During the last half of the seventeenth century, Hewes played a vital part in three events: the Massacre (1770), the Tea Party (1773), and the tarring and feathering of John Malcolm (1774) (Young 1999, 33). Initially Hewes was deference. His heroic display resulted in Americans honoring him five decades later after his contributions during the 1770s when the Tea Party became a Revolutionary symbol in the 1830s. In light of this, this essay aims to outline how Hewes acquiesced to authority and his transition from deference to becoming a revolutionary. Hewes deference is first noted during his last year as a shoemaker apprenticeship in late 1762 or early 1763 when he repaired John Hancock’s shoe. When he delivered the shoe, Hancock was pleased with Hewes work and invited him to his place during the New Year day as a sign of obliging to the noblesse ritual on the part of the upper class. On that day, Hewes cleaned himself and put …show more content…
For instance, the massacre of citizens by those in authority and the events that followed had a tremendous influence on Hewes transition to authority defiance. Hewes witnessed Captain Preston ordering the soldiers to shoot at the citizens and in the process killing five of them while leaving nine others injured. During the legal proceedings, the jury acquitted the soldiers on the basis that they acted in agreement with the captain’s order, and Preston too was found innocent upon the intervention of John Adam. Hewes was a witness in the lawsuit preceding but his claims were disproved. He recognized the injustice perpetrated by those in power and lost trust in