Braintree

The historical fiction novel, Rise to Rebellion, is about the lead up to, the strategies of, and the politics behind the Revolutionary War told from numerous points of view throughout the novel. The book starts out with a man, who remains nameless, who is a part of the British military. The book describes a horrible ordeal that goes down in Boston, Massachusetts, which later you find out was the Boston Massacre. This event caused a great number of people on both opposing sides of the dispute to…

born to William Smith and Elizabeth Quincy in Weymouth, Massachusetts on November 11, 1744. Her Father was born in Charlestown, Massachusetts on January 29th, 1706. He was a Congregational minister before he died in 1783. Her mother was born in Braintree, Massachusetts in 1721 and married in 1740 before she died in 1775. Abigail was known as “Mrs. President” due to the amount of influence and strength she portrayed as first lady of the United States. In her childhood, Abigail was a sick so she…

Why do so many students have their cell phones out in class? Are they really that important? Are cell phones in class lowering the students grades? Cell phones are a very useful device most students now have, and because cell phones are very useful and so common, some people are suggesting that cellphones should be allowed in the classroom. Although cell phones can be a useful learning device, cell phones are a huge distraction in class. Having devices in class can let the students cheat on…

Abigail married John Adams in October of 1764, and Abigail soon became pregnant with their first child. Amazingly enough, “three months after the wedding, [John] had left his pregnant wife in Braintree.” (Akers 20) Abigail was not totally alone, there were servants, and her mother-in-law in earshot, but Abigail felt lonely, she was a very intelligent woman, and she needed the companionship of someone else with a compatible intellect. With John…

Keaton Knippel Professor Henkel AMH 2010 15 October 2015 John Adams: One of the Greatest Founding Fathers Many people look back on the Founding of the United States of America, and they remember the Founding fathers, the men who fought and died, and the American Dream. It took a lot of effort to create a nation from the ground up, and some of the credit can be given to the Founding Fathers. Specifically, as the second president of the United States, John Adams had a big part in the Founding of…

Meet this Smiths, an all american family living in the Boston suburb Braintree. After his wife left him with their three sons, Anthony Smith thought he would never love again. How could dating and entertain three boys when he barely had time to even go to the gym? When he did go to the gym thought it would be late, and there only be one other person. None other than his future wife, Jillian Jones. The two would work out separately, sneaking glances for months until one day, Jillian asked him to…

independence, because he voted toward it. In 1783, he was elected to the Congress to serve as a chairman. He died at the age of forty-four, and little is known about him accounting his life after the signing. John Hancock was born January 12th , 1737 in Braintree, Massachusetts, which is now Quincy, Massachusetts. He delivered a public address to a large crowd in Boston, commemorating the Boston Massacre. In 1774, he was elected to the Provincial Congress of Massachusetts and also to the…

the better, and John Quincy Adams was an extraordinary role model of a patriot by changing America in his presidency, helping write the Monroe Doctrine, and fighting for every American’s civil rights. John Quincy Adams was born July 11, 1767 at Braintree, Massachusetts, which is known as Quincy, Massachusetts today (Allison 40-43). Ever since he was a young boy, he loved his country (Burke 22-23). He was the son of the second U.S. President, John Adams, and was his private secretary overseas…

Our sixth president, John Quincy Adams was born on July 11 in the year 1767, in Braintree, Massachusetts now known as Quincy, Massachusetts. John never went to school; he was tutored by his cousin James Thax, and by fathers lawyer, Nathan Rice. Adams was named after his mothers’s grandfather, Colonel John Adams, after whom Quincy, Massachusetts, was also named. At the age 12, in 1779, John Quincy Adams started to write a diary, which he continued until just before he died in 1848. Most of his…

American History Essay America did not live lived up to Emma Lazarus poem, “The New Colossus” which was engraved on the Statue of Liberty. America was the complete opposite of the poems purpose. In this essay, evidence and examples from nine different articles, websites, and films will show why America as a whole did not live up to the poems expectations of a free land for all. First, in the Film “War On the Weak” (Dunaway, 2007), the film describes a time period in which Americans came up…