Samuel Adams

Pre-Revolutionary War Quiz ( /38) Multiple Choice: (Five Points) Which state was the “First Continental Congress held”? It was held in New York. It was held in Rhode Island. It was held in Philadelphia. It was held in Pennsylvania. 2. Captain Thomas Preston was the leader of which group(soldiers) in the “Boston Massacre”? He was leading the Spanish. He was leading the British. He was leading the Russians. He was leading the Native Americans. He was leading the French. He was leading the…

Revolutionary war. First, Paul Revere was a member of the organization called, The Sons of Liberty. This organization had been established established to rebel against the British government. Of which it included several historical figures including Samuel Adams, John Adams, Benedict Arnold, and the Founding Father John Hancock. One of the most memorable events they caused was the Boston Tea Party. Here, the members of the Sons of Liberty dressed up as Mohawk Indians. To which they then boarded…

would have happened if it had never taken place? What would have happened if the colonists had never thrown the tea overboard?. On the night of December 16, 1773, three hundred forty-two chests of tea were thrown overboard into the Boston Harbor by Samuel Adams and The Sons of Liberty. They did this with the intention of having one goal in mind, meaning no more taxes. Since the Boston Tea Party was one of the biggest events that led up to the American Revolution, one might ask themselves what…

In Samuel Adams’ words, “The people receive this cruel edict with abhorrence and indignation” (“The Intolerable Acts”). And in fact, they viewed the edict with so much abhorrence and indignation, that they renamed the laws “The Intolerable Acts.” The new regulations…

was, Crispus Attucks. He was a dock worker who was killed instantly when the british fired their guns. Another victim was, Samuel Gray. Samuel Gray, a worker at the rope walk were the fighting started, was also killed instantly. The third victim was, James Calwell. James Caldwell, a mate on an american ship, also died instantly. The fourth victim was, Samuel Maverick. Samuel Adams, an apprentice to an ivory cutter, was 17 but, didn’t die until the morning of March 6, 1770.The fifth and last…

John Adams- During Adams's presidency, a war between the French and British was causing political difficulties for the United States. Adams's administration focused its diplomatic efforts on France, whose government had suspended commercial relations. Adams sent three commissioners to France, but the French refused to negotiate unless the United States agreed to pay what amounted to a bribe. When this became public knowledge, the nation broke out in favor of war. However, Adams did not call for…

The Sons of Liberty was a group that was founded by Samuel Adams and John Hancock in July 1765. The group consisted of shopkeepers, craftsman, and other political leaders that were against the Stamp Act of 1765. The group’s goals were to force the British stamp agents that were in stationed in the 13 colonies to resign and to stop American merchants from purchasing goods from the British. The Stamp Act of 1765 was a tax that the British put on the American colonies where a stamp would be placed…

found freedoms of the American citizens. The Declaration of Independence served as a form of government for the people during that time. The Declaration of Independence was officially adopted on July 4, 1776, and signed by John Handcock, Samuel Adams, John Adams, Benjamin Franklin, and John Penn to name a few. “Together with the Constitution and the Bill of Rights, the Declaration of Independence can be counted as one of the three essential founding documents of the United States” (SOURCE…

At the time of John Adams writing of the Novanglus Letter, much contempt had been stirred in the colonies regarding the lack of representation of the colonies in the British Parliamant. As Adams opens his letter, he addresses the fact that the colonies in the New World had been established before Great Britain, with the addition of Scotland, itself, without even the consideration of representation(Novanglus 79). Yet Scotland, when adopted, was given the right to representation immediately, as…

how unhappy the colonists were and the dangerous results it could lead to, yet Britain did not take the hint. In April 1775, a British commander in Boston sent troops to Lexington to seize colonial gunpowder and to capture the rebel colonists, Samuel Adams and John Hancock. There, eight Americans were killed and this incident was labeled as the Lexington Massacre. When British troops arrived in Concord, they were met with American resistance and this conflict resulted in 70 deaths. The loss of…