Adams, Massachusetts

Both documents show that the boundaries of freedom in the era of the American Revolution are basically limited to rich, white landowning men. In the document Abigail Adams to John Adams. Abigail writes to her husband john explain to not forget about women and expressing how they deserve certain freedoms too and that all power should not be held in the hands of the husband. She expresses how women are just as important to society as the male and that women are good for more than just sex, having babies and maintaining a household. Abigail also explains that if certain needs are not met, then she and other women may have no other choice but to form a rebellion. The document, From Petitions of Slaves to the Massachusetts Legislatures, shows that…

Susan B. Anthony was born February 15, 1890 in Adams, Massachusetts. Susan died on March 13, 1906 Rochester, New York. Susan was the second out of seven 7 children in her family., Hher parents were Daniel and Lucy Anthony. Anthony lived in a very proactive family they were abolitionist, temperance workers, and she was also a part of fighting for women’s rights. Anthony moved with her family moved to Rochester, NY and who were participating in the anti-slavery movement. The Quakers would meet at…

Massachusetts 1 of the original 13 colonies and one of the six New England states and is very important to the history of America and is a relatively wealthy state. Massachusetts had the thirteenth-highest gross state product in 2005. Although this state is very small, it is one of the most populated states in the US. Boston is the state capital and the largest city with a very important seaport. Massachusetts is also the homes to some of the most important people in our history today like John…

From the outset, Massachusetts was the leader of the anti-British protests for a few reasons. First and foremost, the British establishment of the Dominion of New England- which combined the colonies of Massachusetts, Rhode Island, New Hampshire, and Connecticut into a single province headed by a Royal governor (Edmund Andros)- angered the Massachusetts colonists and created a tense relationship between Great Britain and the colony early on. In addition, there was a growing colonial merchant…

John Adams The Second President Revolutionary War Biography 5th Grade Literacy Klarissa, May 2017 Who else was the 2nd president of the United States? No one besides John Adams. John Adams was a very intelligent person with very great skills with law. His early life, adult life and contribution to the Revolutionary War are all included in this biography. The early life of John Adams was a bit interesting with lots of accomplishments. Adams was born on October 30,…

Gerry was born on July 17, 1744 in Marblehead Massachusetts and had eleven other siblings. His family was rich and had their own business. His father was a Merchant-shipper after retiring from being a sea captain. After graduating from Harvard to become a merchant himself, Elbridge started working with his father and his two brothers in their family business. This business sent dried codfish to Spain. This job was just the beginning of an extraordinary man's journey into politics. In 1772…

John Adams once said, “...the Revolution was in the minds of the people, and this was effected from 1760 to 1775...before a drop of blood was drawn at Lexington.” Adams meant that almost everyone knew there was going to be a war before the first shot was fired. I couldn’t agree more with him because there is tons of information to back his quote up. The Boston Massacre, the Boston Tea Party, and the Intolerable acts are all instances of events that caused the American Revolution. The Boston…

Anne Hutchinson was raised on the ideas of the typical Puritan theology. This theology believed that God originally established a covenant with Adam specifying that firm obedience of God’s law would result in salvation. After the fall, humanity sank into sin until God formed a second covenant with Abraham. Because post-Lapserian man could not abide by a covenant of works, God established a covenant of grace whereby certain individuals were preordained as the spiritually elect, but were concealed…

Thomas Gage was a British general who successfully commanded all British forces in North America, but failed to slow the rising colonial rebellion as military governor of Massachusetts at the outbreak of the American Revolution. Instead of putting an end to conflict, Gage’s policies rapidly increased it. Gage's actions were the most immediate causes of the Revolutionary War. Resistance turned violent at the Boston Tea Party, where Gage was very influential in constructing Parliament’s…

In the 16th and 17th centuries, a group of English Reformed Protestants sought to purify the English Catholic church being labeled the “puritans”. The Puritans had to flee Europe because they were being persecuted for their religion, arriving in colonial Salem, Massachusetts creating what would be the “New Jerusalem”. Ironically, Salem was the very place where the Salem Witch Trials took place where more than 200 were accused and 20 were executed. In the play, “The Crucible” by Arthur Miller,…