First Continental Congress

He made a group called Sons of Liberty!(Dennis) This was a group that hated the British and wanted to be free and be their own colonies! (Dennis) During the Revolutionary War he represented Massachusetts in the Continental Congress.(“History.com”) But he also was in the Stamp Act.(“Encyclopedia.com”) He biggest act agianst the british though was the Bostan Tea Party.(“Ushistory.org”)This was the Colonists jumping onto a British ship dressed as indians throwing crates…

As his own specific wealth and qualification created on April 17, 1790, American statesman, printer, scientist, and maker Benjamin Franklin bites the dust in Philadelphia at age 84 cause by pleurisy. He was covered at Christ Church Burial Ground in Philadelphia, Pa. Considered in Boston on January 17, 1706, Franklin advanced toward getting to be at 12 years old a devotee to his stepbrother James, a printer and merchant. His parent were Josiah Franklin and Abiah Franklin which had 14 other…

company called The Train. At the age of 22, Henry left The Train and partnered with an acquaintance to start their own artillery company called The Boston Grenadier Corps to compete with The Train. A couple of years before Henry left The Train, he was a first-hand witness of the infamous Boston Massacre, which he reportedly attempted to prevent. Although he failed to obviate the colonists’ killings, Knox did attest to what happened at the trials of the British soldiers involved in the shooting.…

Do you know what the national anthem is? Our national anthem is The Star Spangled Banner, it is written by Francis Scott Key, who was a lawer and poet. The Star Spangled Banner was made our national anthem 75 years ago. Our national anthem was first written as a poem and then written as a song. The poem was written in War of 1812. Key was sent to two British ships to make the British release an American prisoner. They agreed to set the prisoner free, but Key overheard a conversasion that they…

Benjamin Franklin was born on January 17, 1706, in Boston in what was then known as the Massachusetts Bay Colony. His father, English-born soap and candle maker Josiah Franklin, had seven children with first wife, Anne Child, and 10 more with second wife, Abiah Folger. Ben was his 15th child and youngest son. Ben learned to read at an early age, and despite his success at the Boston Latin School, he stopped his formal schooling at 10 to work full-time in his cash-strapped father’s candle and…

Lewis Howard Latimer One of the most famous African Americans in history is Lewis Howard Latimer, he is most recognized for his invention of the light bulb, Latimer who was born on September 4, 1848 in in Chelsea, Massachusetts and died December 11, 1928 age 80 was a Inventor and engineer. But before the creation that changed the world he was the the son to George and Rebecca Latimer, and the youngest of four children. His parents were former slaves who escaped so their children can have a…

There is nothing on earth like Fleet Street. The thoroughfare, which runs like a crooked spine through east central London has been the home of the British press for 300 years. Here are published almost all of Britain’s national newspapers. Here also are the headquarters of many magazines, foreign and provincial press bureaus, international news agencies, trade papers, and the attic offices of freelance journalists. It was in Fleet Street tavern that the British press was born. Three centuries…

himself new knowledge. Once he turned 19 he became the school's principal for 8 years. As of 1794, John wrote his first scientific paper, which he called: Extraordinary Facts Relating to the Vision of Colours. This paper was the first ever paper to consider color blindness when he realized he and other family members had this case. Conclusively, his method was wrong yet he was the first person to take interest in color blindness. Shortly after this was known as ‘Daltonism’. He furthered his…

Elias Howe – Sewing machine ⦁ American, pioneer, a man of many things, inventor of the new constructed sewing machine, Elias Howe Junior, was born on the 9th of July 1819 in Spencer, Massachusetts to Doctor, Elias Howe and Polly Howe (Bemis). He died on the 3rd of October 1867. He had eight siblings, three brothers, Amasa Bemis Howe, Sylvester Howe, Horace Smith Howe and five sisters, Eliza Howe, Corintha Howe, Juliett Howe, Fannie Howe and Mary Howe. ⦁ At age eleven, Howe was apprenticed by…

George Washington was a Virginian representative to the First Continental Congress. He was again present at the Second Continental Congress. Here John Adams argued that this seasoned soldier should lead the new Continental Army. Washington believed in the cause so much that he accepted the job without pay. Washington achieved his first victory, that of retaking Boston, without much difficulty. Despite all the difficulties faced he was determined that the country win free of the British…