History of boston t.l

  • Samuel Maverick

    Samuel Maverick
    Samuel built a trading post on noodle island (boston)
  • William Blackstone

    William Blackstone
    Built his house in "clear water"
  • John Winthrop

    John Winthrop
    Comes to boston with intentions of forming a new community, city upon a hill.
  • Anne Hutchinson

    Anne Hutchinson
    She was exciled from boston for claiming she spoke with god.
  • Mary Dyer

    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

    King Philips War
    An armed conflict between Native American and English colonists.
  • Goodwife Glover

    Goodwife Glover
    Accused of practicing witchcraft and was executed in Boston.
  • Salem Witch Tials

    Salem Witch Tials
    Nineteen people were executed for being accused of witchcraft between June and September of 1692.
  • Thomas Hutchinson

    Thomas Hutchinson
    Royal Governer of Massachusetts whos house was attacked by a mob.
  • The Stamp Act

    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

    Red Coats
    Arrival of two regiments of Red Coats on Long Wharf.
  • The boston Massacre

    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

    Christopher Seider
    Young man 17 years of age that died in a political fight against the Brtish Redcoats in Boston.
  • The Boston Tea Party

    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'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

    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

    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

    British Evacuate Boston
    The British get on their ships and evacuate Boston. Washington First victory of the war.