THE HISTORY OF PAUL REVERE Paul Revere was born in the North End of Boston on December 21‚ 1734. His father‚ a French Huguenot was name Apollo Revere‚ came to Boston at the age of 13 and was apprenticed to the silversmith John Coney. By the time the married Deborah Hitch born‚ a member of a long-standing Boston family that owned a small shipping wharf‚ in 1729‚ Revere had anglicized his name to Paul Revere. Their son‚ Paul Revere‚ was the third of 12 children and eventually the eldest surviving
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of the colonial population. As documented in city tax lists‚ the top 5% of Boston’s taxpayers controlled 49% of the cities taxable assets. The lower classes then started to use town meetings to express their feelings. Men like James Otis and Samuel Adams from the upper classes formed the Boston Caucus and through their motivational speaking‚ molded and activated the laboring-class. After the Stamp Act of 1765‚ the British’s taxation of colonists to pay for the Seven Year War‚ the lower-class
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Road to Independence “War is when the government tells you who the bad guy is. Revolution is when you decide for yourself.”(Unknown) In the case of the American Revolution‚ the colonists decided for themselves and truly believed in the cause. The Colonists knew that “change” had to take place because of the unfair treatment they experienced. The American Revolution was a time where Colonists fought for what they believed in‚ independence‚ and when they broke away from England. Boycotts‚ holding
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CHAPTER 5 The American Revolution: From Elite Protest To Popular Revolt‚ 1763-1783 SUMMARY This chapter covers the years that saw the colonies emerge as an independent nation. The colonial rebellion began as a protest on the part of the gentry‚ but military victory required that thousands of ordinary men and women dedicate themselves to the ideals of republicanism. I. STRUCTURE OF COLONIAL SOCIETY In the period following the Seven Years’ War‚ Americans looked to the future with great optimism
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In economics‚ the invisible hand of the market is a metaphor conceived by Adam Smith to describe the self-regulating behavior of the marketplace.[1] The exact phrase is used just three times in Smith ’s writings‚ but has come to capture his important claim that individuals ’ efforts to maximize their own gains in a free market benefits society‚ even if the ambitious have no benevolent intentions. Smith came up with the two meanings of the phrase from Richard Cantillon who developed both economic
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The leaders of troops and famous political men received almost all of the glory given to heroes in the Revolutionary War. They were the most obvious leaders of patriotism‚ but not all who acted in bravery and love of their country were leaders. Spies of the Revolutionary War made the difference between victory and defeat. The leaders of troops relied on spies and secret agents to give them information concerning the best plan of action. The secret agents of the Revolutionary War sought information
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Historical Figure Outline John Quincy Adams I. John Quincy Adams (July 11‚ 1767 – February 23‚ 1848) II. Born in Quincy‚ (was Braintree) Massachusetts. It has a significance that he could watch the Bunker Hill battle near his family’s house hill.It also significance in that he could study in Harvard College in Massachusetts‚ which he graduated in 2 years. The state he ran for office was also Massachusetts‚ where he was chosen state senate for Massachusetts. This has some relation to that
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Samuel De Champlain (1567?-1635) was a French explorer and navigator who mapped much of northeastern North America and started a settlement in Quebec. Champlain also discovered the lake named for him (Lake Champlain‚ on the border of northern New York state and Vermont‚ named in 1609) and was important in establishing and administering the French colonies in the New World. In 1603‚ Champlain sailed to France on Francois Grave Du Pont’s expedition. They sailed up the St. Lawrence River and the Saguenay
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“For every skin or piece of vellum or parchment‚ or sheet or piece of paper‚ on which shall be engrossed‚ written‚ or printed‚ any declaration‚ plea‚ replication‚ rejoinder‚ demurrer or other pleading‚ or any copy thereof; in any court of law within the British colonies and plantations in America‚ a stamp duty of three pence.” (British‚ parliament). The Stamp Act was created and enforced upon the colonies by the British Parliament on March 22‚ 1765. After fighting in the North America’s alongside
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One Another The relationship between John Adams and Thomas Jefferson was one of the most iconic and symbolic relationships in American history not only for its many ups and downs‚ but also for its great effects on the founding and governing of America. Thomas Jefferson and John Adams met for the first time in 1775 and almost immediately developed a friendly liking toward each other. For the first two decades of their friendship‚ Jefferson and Adams constantly exchanged praises and affection to
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