Concord

slipped by. Having had some internship and volunteer experience with the LGBTQ community, at the Rainbow Community Center in Concord, California this writer thought this would be an ideal community for this project. On November 7th 2015, this writer volunteered to help at the 3rd Annual Welcoming Schools and Communities Summit 2015, that was held at Olympic High School in Concord, California. At the summit this writer listened, as a panel of four Trans* youth, explained what life…

the Ohio Valley. Coming out of the French and Indian War, the Proclamation of 1763 was the primary complaint for colonial settlers leading to the American Revolution. II. Lexington and Concord, MA in 1775: In the early 1775, General Thomas Gage sent his troops to seize the ammunitions that were hidden in Concord, Massachusetts. The troops were also ordered to detain the “political traitors” Samuel Adams and John Hancock, who were staying in Lexington; however,…

In the 1700’s, throughout years of rebellion and fighting in the East Coast of North America against the British to gain independence, freedom for the colonists was an important matter. Colonists such as Patrick Henry and John Adams encouraged and supported liberty and independence from the British tyranny. Henry urged the delegates to fight until the colonies were free from the King’s cruelty and power as well as, Adams convinced the Congress to form a militia against the British army. Patrick…

plausible; however, the colonists faced some repercussions of the British governor of Massachusetts. The government sent British troops to seize military stores at Concord. During the battle, British troops were defeated when local militiamen intercepted the British troops in Lexington. The battle became known as the Battle of Concord and Lexington. The colonists’ idea of independence…

So I read the book, Johnny Tremain. This book is historically accurate in many different ways like the time period, events occurring in the book, people mentioned in the book , and even where it took place. And I will explain those four ideas to you in these next couple of paragraphs. So when this book starts out it starts following the revolutionary war. In April 1773, in Colonial Boston Massachusetts. It starts in the beginning as Johnny and the others getting ready to be woken up, to get…

Fanatical About “Gordon” As a teenager I would think that watching a NASCAR race was about the most boring way to spend four hours or more every weekend; although every weekend my step-father would persistently watch cars race around in a circle. My opinion began to change in 1993 after a get-together with co-workers. They would get-together between the work weeks and grill out, drink beer and watch the race. In “93” I became a part of this ritual although I still didn’t care very much about…

librarians and parents because of its iterations of the ‘n’ word.”2 Yes, the ‘n’ word today is used as a derogatory word towards African American people, which in today’s society is frowned upon due to the meaning behind the word. In addition, the Concord Public Library expelled this book because they say, “it was trash and suitable only for slums,” which “deals with a series of adventure of very low grade of morality; it is couched in the language of a rough dialect, and all through its pages…

There were many causes of the american revolution,but there was three that sparked the revolution. The boston tea party, the intolerable acts, and the battle of lexington and concord are the three main reason. The boston tea party made the king from England mad which led up to tensions between them. Then the intolerable acts is what caused fear after the boston massacre and that act was for americans to provide the british soldiers a room to stay even when they don't want them in the house. Then…

The American Revolution was a fight between Great Britain and the original thirteen colonies. The thirteen colonies wanted their freedom from Britain. The start of the battle was at Lexington and concord in April of 1775 between troops and colonial militiamen. That following summer, rebels waged war for independence. Three years later in 1778, the French joined the war siding with the colonists. The Americans won the war in 1781 at Yorktown, Virginia after the British surrendered. But, it…

Louisa May Alcott was born on November 29,1832 in Germantown, Philadelphia, PA. Louisa then had died on March 6,1888 in Boston MA. Louisa has three sisters, Abigail May Alcott Nieriker, Anna Alcott Pratt, and Elizabeth Sewall Alcott. Louisa was an american novelist and poet best known as the author of the novel Little Women in 1868, and its sequels Little Men in 1871, and Jo's Boys in 1886. Louisa was raised by transcendantalist parents Abigail May and Amos Bronson Alcott in New England. Her…