Lieutenant Governor of Massachusetts

acknowledging the ramifications associated with the Boston Tea Party, King George and Parliament have acted decisively by closing the city port. Four British regiments were deployed to Boston; additionally, the much reviled, Lieutenant Governor and Chief Justice of Massachusetts, Thomas Hutchinson will be replaced by General Thomas Gage. General Gage is expected to parlay even sterner penalties on the Colonists as directed by the British government. The Captains’ of the Dartmouth, Eleanor,…

being for the colonists. The Intolerable Acts consisted of five different laws. The first one was the Vice Admiralty Courts, this allowed the ruler of England to pick the location of the trials, and make sure it is judged fairly. Secondly, the Massachusetts Bay Regulating Act banned all town meetings and allowed England to govern the colony. The Boston Port Act was in result of the Boston Tea Party, where 342 chests of tea were dumped into the port. The law stated that Boston’s port must be shut…

act and its purposes, all the while the phrase ‘Taxation without Representation’ began to float around. The objections to the act were, for the most part, limited to written complaints and a general sense of unease; with the exception of Boston, Massachusetts. In August of 1765 – mere months before the act was to take effect – two large riots took place in Boston, targeting not just the Stamp Act, but the officials who were in charge to carrying out the act and enforcing it within the…

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…

went to college to become a lawyer. Calvin got married in 1905 to a pretty woman named Grace Goodhue. He entered politics as a city councilman in Northampton, Massachusetts, in 1898. He was then elected for mayor in 1909 in Northampton. Calvin then served in the Massachusetts state government as a senator (1911-15) also as a lieutenant governor (1915-18). Calvin made a statement “There is no right to strike against the public safety by anybody, anywhere, anytime.” combined with Calvin’s…

the disturbance and confusion going on Dzhokhar got back into the stolen SUV and drove right over his brother. Tsarnaev later dies in the hospital. Dzhokhar who was injured from the earlier gun battle, abandons the SUV and fled on foot . Massachusetts governor Deval Patrick and the state police made the decision to report the shutdown of Boston, nearby schools, public transportation and business and advised people to stay inside their homes, as police conducted…

father, John McWilliams, Jr., was a Princeton graduate and early investor in California real estate. Her mother Julia Carolyn Weston had inherited a paper company. Her grandfather served as the Lieutenant Governor for the state of Massachusetts. In 1930 she attended Smith College in Northampton, Massachusetts with the intention of becoming a writer. Although she enjoyed writing short plays and regularly submitted articles to the New Yorker, none of her writing was published. In 1934 she…

Emancipation Proclamation The Emancipation Proclamation was an important act ,the Emancipation Proclamation was signed by president Abraham Licoln , allowing the freedom of all in the rebelling territories of the confederacy and allowing Blacks enlistment in the Union Army. Since the beginning of the Civil War, free Black people in general, were ready to fight on behalf of the Union, yet they were prevented from doing so. Popular racial stereotypes and discrimination against Blacks in the…

Samuel Adams was born in Boston, Massachusetts on September 27th, 1722. Samuel’s dad was a successful brewer and served as a deacon for the Old and New South churches in boston. Samuel’s dad also was a Boston selectman and representative to the assembly. Samuel’s mom was also deeply religious from the teachings of Jonathan Edwards. Samuel’s childhood insisted of him surviving and 2 other children surviving out of 12 children all together. Adams and his 2 other brothers and sisters were…

Some may say “The shot heard ’round the world” began the American War of Independence On the night of August 26, 1765, an assault on Thomas Hutchinson, chief justice and lieutenant governor of Massachusetts was a small episode in a series events that launched a half-century of protest and political upheaval throughout the Western world. This historic era that came to be known as the Age of Revolution. The true crisis began in 1760 when George III claimed the throne of Great Britain. No one on…