Lieutenant Governor of Massachusetts

It was represented by nine colonies throughout October 7th and October 25th. They created a petition to King George III, and several petitions to the Parliament and declaration of their rights describing how they were all being ignored. Finally on March 4th, 1766, the Stamp Act was repealed by the British Parliament, but issued a Declaratory Act at the same time to reaffirm its authority to pass any colonial legislation it saw fit. From this point on, the issues of taxation and representation…

The book, Gunpowder: Alchemy, Bombards, and Pyrotechnics: The History of the Explosive that Changed the World by Jack Kelly is about the history of gunpowder, how it evolved to become more powerful and explosive, and how it affected the many wars that occurred. Gunpowder was first invented by Chinese alchemists around 1110 A.D. They called the perfect mixture of saltpeter, charcoal, and sulfur "fire drug," before it was known as gunpowder. The Chinese used the powder primarily for making noise…

thirteen colonies come together attempting to develop a plan, and argue their rights not knowing it would lead to independence. Beginning of a rag-tag group of militias, undertrained men took on the world’s greatest military of the time. Boston, Massachusetts 1765 the American colonist are on edge and enraged over the newest tax placed upon them by the English crown. The Stamp Act was a law designed to raise revenue by taxing the colonist with the use of such paper of legal documents,…

On May 2, 1775 Ethan Allen and the Green Mountain Boys met up with a group of soldiers from Massachusetts and Connecticut in Bennington. Allen and the other officials planned their attack on Ticonderoga for May 10. Everyone voted, and Allen was dubbed in charge of the attack. (Ethan Allen, 2015). On May 10, the army led by Ethan Allen and Benedict…

Andrews parish in 1742 to John Drayton, a Lowcountry planter and member of the provincial council, and Charlotta Bull, daughter of Lieutenant Governor William Bull. Like the sons of many wealthy South Carolinians, young “Billy” was sent to England to complete his education. After ten years of schooling at Westminster and Oxford (Balliol College), Drayton returned to South Carolina where…

Beginning in the middle of 1765, the Sons of Liberty were a secret political organization made up of colonial patriots. The secret organization was founded by Samuel Adams and John Hancock inside of Boston, Massachusetts. The Sons of Liberty was organized as a means to protest the recent tax on anything printed on paper, known as the Stamp Act. The Stamp Act had been pressed upon American’s without the consent of the colonial legislature. Because of this, several colonists wanted to rebel…

they attack Andrew Oliver, Boston stamp distributor, and tear up his house. On August 26 they attack the home of Lieutenant Governor Thomas Hutchinson. The violence continues in Newport, Rd., three stamp distributors homes are ransacked. Spontaneous organization throughout colonies from groups like Loyal Nine calling themselves Sons of Liberty. Samuel Adams holds a meeting in Massachusetts called the Stamp Act Congress. In October 1765, representatives of nine colonies meet in New York City.…

Coolidge Children: Calvin Coolidge Jr. and John Coolidge Parents:John Calvin Coolidge and Victoria Moor Coolidge Occupational background: Law: Practiced Commercial Law in Massachusetts (1897) Politics: Was a representative in the Massachusetts house and state. Also the Mayor of Northampton and in 1915 was elected lieutenant governor. Vice President Warren G. Harding. Death: January 5, 1933. Grade Subject & Overview B Chief Executive: As Chief Executive it was his job to enforce and ensure…

The lives’ of African Americans were altered considerably after the Civil War ended in 1865. Before the Civil War began in 1861, slavery and the limitations placed on both free and enslaved black people was part of life, but when slavery was abolished in 1865 by the passing of the 13th amendment; a new era was arriving. The Era of Reconstruction after the Civil War presented impacted the lives of African Americans positively in many ways, but it must be recognized that there were negative…

Slavery is a practice in which people own other people, usually criminals or runaway prisoners. A slave is a ‘property’ of his/her owner and works without pay on a daily basis, doing whatever their owner tells them to do. Many, if not all wars, were based on slavery, because many people had different views on it, and theses arguments over slavery is what put the U.S. into the Civil War, one of the biggests wars in North America. Slavery, in America, was introduced when the first African…