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Events leading up to the Bosten Massecre
Taxation and other issues continued to build tension between Britain and the colonies. This tension showed between the colonists and the British soldiers posted in Boston. The townspeople resented the soldiers and treated them poorly, often harassing them verbally and physically. On the night of March 5, 1770, the tension burst. -
Bosten massecre
n the evening of March 5, 1770, Private Hugh White was on guard in front of the Customs House on King Street in Boston. A crowd of people had gathered and began harassing the soldier. His calls for help brought nine soldiers led by Captain Thomas Preston. The crowd continued to harass the soldiers with insults, and were throwing snowballs at them.n the commotion, someone yelled, "Fire!" and soldiers began shooting. Three townspeople were killed and eight more were wounded, two of which died. -
Legacy of the Bosten massecre
After the shooting, the people of Boston were demanding the soldiers be tried and executed for the shootings. The governor ordered Captain Preston and eight soldiers be put in prison pending a trial. In order to ensure a fair trial the lawyer John Adams defended the soldiers. John Adams convinced the jury that the soldiers fired in self defense. As a result of the trial, Captain Preston and six soldiers were set free. Two of the soldiers were found guilty of manslaughter. -
The Boston Monument
A monument stands in Boston in memory of those that died in the Boston Massacre. They were the first to died for the cause later to be called the American Revolution. -
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revoulutionary war Timespan
The amount of time in the A.Revolutionary war,and B.My brother sam is dead.This timespan also serves as my bibliography. -
Burning of the gaspee
On June 9, 1772, the Gaspee was chasing a merchant ship believed to be smuggling goods. The Gaspee ran aground in Narragansett Bay, near Providence. The next night, a group of men boarded the Gaspee. They were led by John Brown, a wealthy merchant from Providence. They wounded the lieutenant who was commanding the ship, and set the ship on fire. -
The Gaspee incident
The British repeal of the Townsend Act brought two years of peace between Britain and the colonies. -
Small beginnings
THe beginning of the novel,also the beginning of the revolutionary war.The U.S. isn't looking as if it's at war in small,99% Tory towns such as redding,the home of the main charecters, Tom and sam Meeker,and thier parents,Life and Susannah. -
Battle of lexington and concord
The Battles of Lexington and Concord were the first military engagements of the American Revolutionary War.[9] They were fought on April 19, 1775, in Middlesex County, Province of Massachusetts Bay, within the towns of Lexington, Concord, Lincoln, Menotomy (present-day Arlington), and Cambridge,
near Boston. The battles marked the outbreak of open armed conflict between the Kingdom of Great Britain and thirteen of its colonies on the mainland of British America.
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Lexington for sam
This is a significant event for sam because he tries to steal his father's Brown Bess,a common type of gun in the days of the war.He succeeds,but has it almost taken back by a rebel soldier -
The second continental congress part one
On May 10, 1775, the members of the Second Continental Congress met at the State House in Philadelphia. There were several new delegates including: John Hancock from Massachusetts, Thomas Jefferson of Virginia, and Benjamin Franklin from Pennsylvania.
The Second Continental Congress meeting started with the battle of Lexington and Concord fresh in their memories. The New England militia were still encamped outside of Boston trying to drive the British out of Boston. -
The second continental congress part wo
The Second Continental Congress meeting started with the battle of Lexington and Concord fresh in their memories. The New England militia were still encamped outside of Boston trying to drive the British out of Boston. The Second Continental Congress established the militia as the Continental Army to represent the thirteen states. They also elected George Washington as Commander in Chief of the Continental Army. -
The quest for independance
y 1776, the population of the colonies had reached 2.5 million people. This was about one third the population of Britain. There were now many roads connecting the individual colonies, and newspapers kept them informed about each other. The colonies were beginning to think of themselves as Americans, not as separate colonies.
Many colonists were split over the issue of independence. There were both rich and poor colonists on both sides of the independence issue. -
The declaration of independance
he Declaration of Independence was approved at the Second Constitutional Congress. The Declaration of Independence introduced a fundamental change in the view of government. Thomas Jefferson declared that governments were created to serve the people, and could only act with consent of the people. It created the democratic government. -
The battle of long island
Sam describes the battle as a loss to the British but the regiment making a magnificent retreat and the British barely making it out alive. -
Life Meeker/father's death
Sam and his family learn that thier father,Life Meeker, has perished on an American prison ship.This was especcially hard for tim,knowing that his own country had killed his father.This segment in the book helps amp up into the climax,and will be a key event in the epilouge -
The french alliance
After the Battle of Saratoga, Congress decided to seek French support in the war. They sent Benjamin Franklin, who could speak French, to meet with King Louis XVI and the French foreign minister.
France wanted to get revenge on Britain for the defeat in the French and Indian War. They also wanted to ensure that Britain and America don't resolve their differences. -
Sam's execution
Sam's execution takes place in this time.He is killed by a firing squad that shot him so close,his brother,from whom the story's point of view is told,that he could see "flames rippling off his body".This goes to show that even though sam fought bravely for the patriots,general putnam was so desperate to keep his troops in line,he killed sam for nothing.This shows that though the patriots were the "good guys" they were not without fault either.
