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port. The Massachusetts Government Act stated that all officers of the law had to be appointed by the royal governor and all town meetings were to be banned if approval from the royal governor wasn’t given. This act’s purpose was to suppress all revolutionary activities. The Administration of Justice Act, granted the royal governor the power to move trials to other colonies or England if he suspected a case was not going to be tried fairly. The Quebec Act a law that recognized the Roman Catholic…

The Battle Of Fort Sumter Fort Sumter was named after Revolutionary War general and South Carolina native Thomas Sumter. The battle of Fort Sumter began in December 20, 1860 when South Carolina seceded. Commanded by Major Robert Anderson (1805-1871), these companies were stationed at Fort Moultrie, a dilapidated fortification facing the coastline. Recognizing that Fort Moultrie was vulnerable to a land assault, Anderson elected to abandon it for the more easily defensible Fort Sumter on December…

happened right after Paul Revere's ride. The Red Coats were led by Major Pitcairn and the Colonist were led by Captain Parker. People say that the first shot fired in this battle could be heard clear around the world. This event leads up to the Revolutionary war. I believe that the colonist fired first. Some people may think the Redcoats fired first, but they are wrong, here is why. Captain Parker had 38 men with him while they were heading to the north side of town. On their way they…

The First Continental Congress meant in on october 22,1774. The First Continental Congress meant in carpenter hill in Philadelphia. The delegates were chosen by colonial legislatures, or by committees of correspondence of the respective colonies thomas jefferson was the third president and was the vice president for the second president. Congress put together a committee to draft the Declaration of Independence. jefferson died on July 4, 1826–50 years to the day after the signing of The…

John Hancock was born in Braintree, Massachusetts January 23, in 1737. He was adopted by his Aunt Lydia and Uncle Thomas Hancock. His uncle was rich and he owned a shipping company. John graduated in 1754 from Harvard College. In 1764 his uncle died and he got the family business and money. In the 1760’s John began his career in politics. He became an important politician in Massachusetts. He was made a leader of the Massachusetts delegate to the second continental congress in 1774. In May…

In the beginning of this assignment, I decided to focus on what women thought of the American Revolution and freedom itself and how they believe it related to them. With these thoughts in mind, I decided to search through the North American Women’s Letter and Diaries database. First, I began by searching the phrase "war and freedom" but I came upon no result, then I searched the terms "war and free", which also had no results. After coming upon no results twice, I decided to search one word…

Most British colonist in the thirteen colonies felt a strong allegiance towards Great Britain and its king in the 1700s. After the French and Indian War, the British were left in debt which they found difficult to pay off. To reimburse the debt, they raised taxes on English men and eventually decided to tax the colonist. The colonist opposed the idea of taxation as they believed that they were not accurately represented in Parliament. Uprisings and rebellions in the thirteen colonies eventually…

The British are controlling the Colonist of United States. Colonist are getting very mad and very quick. In 1950’’s, british and the 13 Colonies fought and won the French and Indian War, leaving British in major debt. Should the colonist have declared war against the British and breaking away from British control? The american colonist were justified in waging war against the british and breaking away from British because British Colonist house soldiers, not give the colonist land, and British…

Parker to the North end of Lexington common, near the Bedford road. Sylvanus was 74 and he had been to battle with captain parker before and respected him and parker respected Sylvanus. The men were now at battle that would eventually turn into the revolutionary war. The British troops approached us rapidly in platoons with a centre of the company, where I…

In 1763, a large statue of king Louis XV was erected at this site to celebrate the recovery of the king after a serious illness. The square surrounding the statue was created later, in 1772, by the architect Jacques-Ange Gabriel. It was known as the place Louis XV. In 1792, during the French revolution, the statue was replaced by a another, large statue, called 'Liberté' (freedom) and the square was called Place de la Révolution. A guillotine was installed at the center of the square and in…