Adams, Massachusetts

Who The trial was between the Soldiers and the crown. The soldiers were defended by John Adams, and the prosecutor was Robert Payne. Their were eight soldiers on trial, and six were innocent while two used the rights of the clergy. Out of the mob that provoked the soldiers 11 were either killed or wounded. What The Boston Massacre was what sparked the American revolution. The colonists were already disgusted with the British and this was a tragedy that was used to draw them together against the…

they wanted to remove. Overall, the people of Pennsylvania wanted to place the power in the hands of only the people and thought that this was the appropriate was to do so. However, many more conservative people disliked these radical changes. John Adams even said it was “so democratical that it must produce confusion and every evil work.” South Carolina’s constitution of 1778, was near opposite Pennsylvania’s. It required men to own a large amount of land to be allowed to vote and even more…

Act where the king forced colonists to take British troops to their home. The Boston Port Act was where the king shut down the port of Boston to cut the trade until the cost of tea was paid back. The Massachusetts Government Act was established…

The Boston Massacre was the result of the colonists' frustration with British policies after the French and Indian War ended in 1763. They disliked Parliament's active involvement, and hated the presence of British soldiers, who seemed to be policing the colonists. They also resented the numerous attempts at taxation, such as the Sugar Act and Stamp Act, which Parliament tried to impose on them without their consent. When Parliament would not listen to their verbal protests, the expressions of…

secret for so long. The question is who were the puritans? Christians. They held a much stricter view of their religion than anyone else. They thought that other religions were too lenient so they decided to intensify their beliefs and church teachings. Adam and Eve were one of the first sinners according to the puritans. After that catholics were split into two. Then puritans were strongly influenced by calvinists. I think that witchcraft…

On March 5, 1770, in Boston, Massachusetts, there was a shooting of five colonists by seven British soldiers and their leader, Captain Preston. The five colonists that were killed were Crispus Attucks, Samuel Gray, James Caldwell, Samuel Maverick, and Patrick Carr. It started when one winter night, a few of Prestons men were getting ice balls and snowballs thrown at them. Colonists were daring those soldiers to shoot and were calling them dirty lobsterbacks. Some colonists were even grabbing at…

Also the first Quakers in Massachusetts are arrested and banished and with Oliver Cromwell’s death taking place, the door for English supremacy struggles immensely. As the 1660’s roll around the now called “American Puritans” hopes for reform are thrown out of the window once Catholic Charles the Second is crowned the king of England. While Quakers are still being arrested in Massachusetts and some of them being executed Charles the Second has put them to…

What were the causes? The American Revolution was a political rebellion that started in 1765, and ended in 1783. Things started when colonist from the Thirteen American Colonies refused to submit to the authority of King George III, and the Parliament of Great Britain. This act of defiance led to the foundation that ultimately led to the independent of the United States. In 1765, members of the American colonial society, representatives of the colonist, who would meet and discuss…

just severing ties with Great Britain. Shay’s Rebellion would be the first act to challenge America’s weak central governing system. Shay’s Rebellion occurred at a time when money issues were a very serious problem for many of the states. In Massachusetts there was no money and people in the state were paying very high taxes. A group of farmers in the state, led by Daniel Shay, who were losing their lands due to foreclosure, revolted by closing the courts which, prevented the foreclosures of…

oppressive rules.The Scarlet Letter shows his attitude toward these Puritans of Boston in his portrayal of characters, his plot, and the themes of his story. The early Puritans who first came to America in 1620 founded a precarious colony in Plymouth, Massachusetts. While half the colonists died that first year, the other half were saved by the coming spring and the timely intervention of the Indians. These first settlers were followed ten years later by a wave of Puritans…