Samuel Adams

Paul Revere was a very successful silver-smith and a very big part of the American revolution. Though that was not the only thing he did in his life time he had a family and different jobs. In this you will learn about his family and the different jobs he had in his lifetime to help support his family. His part of the American revolution was a very big part of his life, this paper will tell you how he came to be a part of it and what he did for the American revolution. I hope you learn…

This famous quote is yelled through the town to warn them the British were advancing. Paul Revere was ordered to ride to Lexington by Joseph Warren to warn Samuel Adams and John Hancock about the troops planning to attack. On the morning of April 19, 1775 the Battle of Lexington and Concord took place sparking the beginning of the American Revolutionary War. Even with the war occurring, the colonists still wanted…

against the new tax. As the Dartmouth enters port the Sons of Liberty, “organized by Samuel Adams” (p.83), disperses 342 chests of tea into the harbor on December 16, 1773 (p.135). The actions taken by the Sons of Liberty set a course of action for Parliament to pass many acts afterwards, such as the Coercive Acts and Quebec Act afterwards. With the ideology among many of the Americans’ and a leader such as Samuel Adams who believes in “a right to life…to liberty…to property” (p.84). the…

a letter to him. Why are the British charging the colonies for the war? The British know we are country that doesn’t have a lot of money. Tomorrow we have a town meeting to talk about the stamp act. Are very own samuel Adams will be there, who is against the stamp act. Samuel Adams does not think it is right that the British charge us…

Hutchinson was the most powerful man in the colony of Massachusetts Bay. Though he was targeted by two people; Samuel Adams and James Otis. Hutchinson agreed with Otis and Adams when they thought…

first tax was the Stamp Act. It said that colonists had to buy tax stamps for printed materials. Many colonists refused to pay. They said they had not voted on the tax (No taxation without representation). Colonists under the leadership of Samuel Adams formed the Sons of Liberty to protest the Stamp Act. Since the Stamp Act did not work, Britain replaced it with a tax on imported goods, the Townshend Acts. So colonists refused to buy imports. The Daughters of Liberty formed to make tea…

On March 5, 1770, a group of young colonists confronted a British soldier on guard at the Custom House- supposedly about money that was owed to one of the colonist´s masters. Refusing to pay any money, the soldier got back to work expecting the colonists to do the same and leave. However, they did not. The colonists resorted to throwing snowballs and ice at the guard, in a final attempt to persuade him to give up the money. Soon enough, other colonists joined the rebellion, and the crowd against…

People started a political protest which was known as the Destruction of the Tea in Boston, sponsored by the Sons of Liberty in Boston. John Adams was the head of the group. On the night of December 16, 1773, Samuel Adams and the Sons of Liberty boarded three ships, some dressed in the Mohawk warrior disguises, together they dumped all 342 chests of tea, valued at 18,000, into the water in Boston Harbor. The Boston Tea Party catalyzed…

referred to lanterns in the north church steeple in Boston. The signal came the night of April 18th, 1775, and Paul Revere rode gallantly through the streets of Massachusetts. It was prearranged for Revere to ride to Lexington to warn John Hancock and Samuel Adams when the British were to come. So when the fatal moment came Revere jumped upon his steed and rode towards Lexington, but not without stopping. He stopped at every house and warned the people that the British were coming and warned…

men doing this it showed the British what all the colonist thought about the Tea Act. Sam Adams had the bright idea that he thought everyone should have a couple drinks before they do this. All of the colonists acting like this made the British to think the colonies were not mature enough or ready to be on their own as a country. Gov. Thomas Hutchinson wanted to have a town meeting of December 16. Samuel Adams exclaimed that the meeting could do nothing more to save the country. With the cry of…