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Samuel Maverick
Samuel built a trading post on noodle island (boston) -
William Blackstone
Built his house in "clear water" -
John Winthrop
Comes to boston with intentions of forming a new community, city upon a hill. -
Anne Hutchinson
She was exciled from boston for claiming she spoke with god. -
Mary Dyer
Woman executed for repeatedly practicing her own religion who gained many followers after her death for her actions on freedom of religion. -
King Philips War
An armed conflict between Native American and English colonists. -
Goodwife Glover
Accused of practicing witchcraft and was executed in Boston. -
Salem Witch Tials
Nineteen people were executed for being accused of witchcraft between June and September of 1692. -
Thomas Hutchinson
Royal Governer of Massachusetts whos house was attacked by a mob. -
The Stamp Act
The new tax was imposed on all American colonists and required them to pay a tax on every piece of printed paper they used. -
Red Coats
Arrival of two regiments of Red Coats on Long Wharf. -
The boston Massacre
An event in which the British Redcoats killed five civilian men without any orders to do so. They fired at a crowd of people and killed 3 men and injured many. Two of the injured people ended up dying. -
Christopher Seider
Young man 17 years of age that died in a political fight against the Brtish Redcoats in Boston. -
The Boston Tea Party
Officials in Boston refused to return three shiploads of taxed tea to Britain so a group of colonists boarded the ships and through the tea into the boston harbor to dispose of it, -
Paul Revere's Ride
Paul Revere took a ride to warn Adams and Hancock about the route the british were taking to concord so they would not get captured by the Redcoats. -
The Battle of Lexington and Concord
First military battle of the revolutionary war between the colonists and the red coats. The colonist surprisingly win their first battle. -
Battle of Bunker Hill
This was the second fight of the revolutionary war and the colonist had more of a chance to win but went low on amunition and ended up losing the second fight. After that the British took over Bunker Hill -
British Evacuate Boston
The British get on their ships and evacuate Boston. Washington First victory of the war.