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Birth of James Warren
James Warren was born on September 28, 1726. He would become a politician, the President of the Massachusetts Provincial Congress, and the husband of Mercy Otis. -
Birth of Mercy Otis
On September 25, 1728 Mercy Otis Warren was born to James Otis (Sr.) and and Mary Allyn Otis. She also had an older brother named James Otis (Jr.). -
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James Otis (Sr.) is Elected
Over the course of this year, 1745, Mercy's father was elected to the Masachusetts House of Representatives. Her father also was against the governor, THomas Hutchinson. (Later in Warren's life, she wand her husband would fall out with their close friends because of Thomas Hutchinson). -
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Mercy Otis marries James Warren
Sometime during the year of 1754, Mercy Otis married James Warren, a merchant, farmer, and the son of Plymouth County's sheriff. She bore him five children, all of them sons. -
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Birth of First Child
The first child of Mercy Otis Warren and James Warren was born during this year. He was named James, adter his father. -
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Second Child is Born
Winslow Warren was born during the year of 1759. He was the second eldest child, as well as the second of five sons. -
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Third Child is Born
Charles Warren, the third child/son of Mercy Otis Warren and James Warren (Sr.), was born during the year of 1762. -
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Birth of Fourth Child
Henry Warren was the fourth child, and son, of Mercy Otis Warren and James Warren (Sr.). He was born during the year of 1764. -
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Fifth Child is Born
During the year of 1766, the fifth and last child of Mercy Otis Warren and James Warren (Sr.) was born. -
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The Adulateur is published.
During this year, the play "The Adulateur" was published anonymously, as were most of Miss Warren's works. The full title of the play is: "The Adulateur: A Tragedy, as it is Now Acted in Upper Servia. The play had a character based off of Governor Hutchinson, and hinted/told of a war of revolution. -
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"The Defeat"
Mercy Otis Warren also anonymously published this play. One of its characters also containted the likeness of Hutchinson, like the play "The Adulateur". -
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Mary Allyne Otis' Death
Over the span of the year, Mercy Otis Warren's mother (Mary Allyne Otis) died. She was the descendant of Edward Doty, a passenger on the Mayflower. -
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"The Group"
Yet another play was published anonymously, though somehow it became attributed to Mercy Otis Warren. This particular play, however, focused on a rather peculiar concept. It was centered around what would happen if the rights of the Massachusetts charter were taken away. -
Battle of Bunker hill
Mercy Otis Warren's husband.James Warren (Sr.) , and brother, James Otis (Jr.), fought alongside each other in the Battle of Bunker Hill. -
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The American Revolution
Over the course of these years, the American Revolution occured. Although Mercy Otis Warren did not take action through battles, she influenced her husband, and inadvertently, the Sons of Liberty (which he was a part of). She influenced the colonists through her play "The Blockheads", and through many of her works. -
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The Blockheads is published
During this year, Mercy Otis wrote the play, "The Blockheads", after her brother was struck by a British soldier. As a result, Mercy Otis created the play "The Blockheads", which ridiculed the British soldiers. -
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"The Motley Assembley"
Another play by Mercy Otis Warren, it was published anonymously in 1776. -
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James Otis's (Sr.) Death
Over the course of this year, Mercy Otis Warren's father (James Otis, Sr.) died. He was a merchant, a farmer, and even an attorney. -
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Death of Third Child
Charles Warren, third eldest son of James Warren (Sr.) and Mercy Otis Warren died during the course of the year 1784. He was twenty two years old. -
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Observations on the New Contistution are Published
During the year of 1788, Warren published her views on the Constitution. She did not want it to be ratitfied, because she was an anti-federalist. -
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Mercy Otis Warren Publishes Her Work
During the year of 1790, Mercy Otis Warren published "Poems, Dramatic, and Miscellaneous", a collection of her plays, poems, and a coupld of dramas. It was the first work to be published under her name. -
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Death of Fifth Child
During the year of 1800, the Warren's fifth child, George, died. He was twenty four years old, two years older than his elder brother (Charles) when he passed away. -
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"History of the Rise, Progress, and Termination of the American Revolution"
The last of Mercy Otis Warren's works, it was published during the year of 1805. It consisted of three volumes. -
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James Warren's Death
Sometime in 1808, James Warren (Sr. )died, leaving behind his wife Mercy Otis Warren and their children. -
Death of Mercy Otis Warren
On the 19th of October in the year 1814, Mercy Otis Warren passed away, 6 years after the death of her husband. -
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Libert Ship Named After Mercy Otis Warren
In 1943, the SS Mercy Warren was launched. It was a World War II Liberty Ship, and named after in her honor. -
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Induction into the Hall of Fame
In the year of 2002, Mercy Otis Warren was given the honor of being inducted to the National Women's Hall of Fame. The hall of fame is in New Tork, more specifically Seneca Falls.
