Lieutenant Governor of Massachusetts

Westminster School,"(Stoll, 1). Not long after finishing his schooling, Thomas set out to join the army. Within the army, there were many regiments. Thomas worked to transfer or upgrade himself through these regiments, leading to his eventual promotion to lieutenant colonel of the British Army in 1740. Close to five years after his promotion, in the year 1745, Thomas Gage was assigned to North America for service in the French…

certain colonial cities, cutting out the British middlemen. As the news reached the colonies, many people thought it was a trap for the Americans to buy more taxed tea, but it wasn’t. It was created to increase revenue to pay off the salaries of royal governors and judges. It was hard to resist the Tea Act that even non-importation was feasible since tea trade is very important to merchants. Another idea to resist the Tea Act was to consume boycotts but it was impossible to recognize the…

Benjamin Franklin, mostly known by millenniums as the face on the one hundred dollar bill. Ben Franklin was one of the founding fathers of The United States of America. Among other attributes, he was a well respected Diplomat, a curious being at heart, who was also a scientist and an inventor. He was vocal and argued against slavery, making him one of the first abolitionists. Despite the fact that he only had a few years of formal education, Ben Franklin lived in London for several years and…

The Boston Massacre was the result of the colonists' frustration with British policies after the French and Indian War ended in 1763. They disliked Parliament's active involvement, and hated the presence of British soldiers, who seemed to be policing the colonists. They also resented the numerous attempts at taxation, such as the Sugar Act and Stamp Act, which Parliament tried to impose on them without their consent. When Parliament would not listen to their verbal protests, the expressions of…

John Bowden Connally Jr. was given birth on February 2, 1917, by John Bowden Connally Sr. and Lela Wright Connally, in Floresville, Texas. He went to Floresville High school, he later went to the University of Texas, where received his undergraduate and law degree. He also became president of the UT Student Association, and his passion for politics sparked. While attending college there, he met Idanell Nellie Brill in 1940, to which he later married and had four kids with. While serving the…

the 18th century, one of the most acclaimed and controversial African American poets emerged, Phillis Wheatley. Stolen from her homeland, “pleasing Gambia…with native grace in spring”, by slave-traders and sold to the Wheatley Family in Boston, Massachusetts (Levernier), Wheatley became the first African American woman to publish a book of poems. Judged and criticized for neglecting her own state of slavery and becoming a Christianized slave, her work led to the embarrassment of future African…

House). Calvin Coolidge had many political experiences before assuming the role of presidency. He attended and graduated from Amherst College, majoring in law. He spent 20 years practicing law in Massachusetts in a law office. Coolidge started his political career on City Counsel in Northampton, Massachusetts.…

Samuel Adams. He went to Harvard, tried brewing, and was the brother of president John Adams. Some people say that Samuel Adams really didn't do much for the colonies, but that is simply not true. It is important that Samuel Adams should be recognized as a significant figure in history. He helped propel America towards independence with his actions and words, helped with the war effort against Britain, and had an important role in independent America’s government. First of all, Samuel Adams…

Having been brought to the Massachusetts Colony without her permission when she was but a girl of 7 on “The Phillis, a slave ship that had traveled from an area near the Gambia in West Africa” (Casey, pg. 14). Bought by the Wheatley family, her true name was forgotten, and she was instead…

Jared M. Baldini Pioneer Jr Sr High School GEORGE W. BUSH 2 Abstract George W. Bush was accepted into Yale University in 1964. In 1968 Bush enlisted into the Texas Air National Guard and was commissioned as a Second Lieutenant and earned his fighter pilot certification during June of 1970. George W. Bush was discharged from the reserves on November 21, 1974 and it was questioned if he fulfilled his military obligation. Bush earned a masters of business…