The Transcendentalists are by far the most important movement in this chapter. Summarize what an APUSH student should know about them. The early transcendentalists included the essayist and poet Ralph Waldo Emerson. Emerson was a feminist‚ social reformer‚ and author. Other transcendentalists included Margaret Fuller‚ Minister Theodore Parker‚ and the naturalist and author Henry David Thoreau. Transcendentalists maintained that truth transcended the senses and it couldn’t not be found
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Prescott. He was the only one of the Three Riders who made it to Concord and he gets no Credit. Paul Revere over shadowed Prescott. Prescott is the most important member of the Midnight ride. Prescott did a lot for our country in that one night. Samuel Prescott should be remembered as a hero for his actions‚ and had a major effect on the defense against the British during the Revolution. Samuel Prescott was born on August 19‚ 1751‚ in Concord‚ Massachusetts. Samuel Prescott the son of Dr. Abel and Abigail
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newsletters‚ dispatches‚ copies of proposed resolutions and to disperse patriots throughout New England and as far away as New York and Philadelphia. Revere became suspicious of British behaviors when on the 16th he made a trip to Concord‚ a key community because it was the temporary home of the Provincial Congress and also a storehouse for militia guns‚ powder‚ and shot. He warned the residents there that redcoats were likely to be dispatched in the near
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retreated back to Lexington where Prescott and the British continued there route where Edward Gould’s Affidavit group had fired first after the provincials had retreated back to the Concord‚ where then after they returned with up to three to four hundred people is when Edward Gould’s Affidavits group had drew up on the Concord side of the bridge‚ in which they were the first to fire‚ killing some of the men. My theory came from the testimonies of Edward Gould’s Affidavits‚ John Parker Affidavits‚ and
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African Americans in the American Revolution Leading into the American Revolution‚ African Americans were placed in a dilemma of whether to rebel or remain faithful to the crown. There were two sides of the American Revolution; the Patriots (also known as the rebels)‚ were the Americans that wanted to gain their independence from Great Britain. The Loyalist was the people who wanted to stay under the control of Great Britain. Some African Americans joined the Loyalist because they were promised
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On March 5‚ 1770 the Boston Massacre occurred. A mob of colonists had assembled at the Custom House. Many of them began shouting and throwing things at the soldiers. The soldiers began to fire on the colonists without the order from Captain Preston‚ and five of the colonists were shot and killed. There was a trial several months later‚ where Captain Preston was legally represented by John Adams. Captain Preston was acquitted. Six of the eight soldiers under trial were acquitted. Two soldiers were
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armed and were ready to fight. He rode north through the streets of Lexington‚ Concord‚ and other various small towns shouting the British were coming. This allowed the colonists to hide there arms and the militia to get ready and be lined up on Lexington green ready to fight. The battle of Lexington Green occurred April 19th 1775 in Middlesex county‚ Province of Massachusetts‚ within the towns of Lexington‚ Concord‚ Lincoln Menotmy and Cambridge near Boston. The battles marked the first armed
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and the Americans who supported Britain). The first shot fired which began the war on April 19‚ 1775 at the battle of Lexington and Concord and the Treaty of Paris officially ended the war on April 17‚ 1783. The war was fought throughout the 13 colonies. For example‚ the battle of Saratoga and Long Island were fought in New York and the battle Lexington and Concord and Bunker Hill were fought in Massachusetts. Some causes of the war were the Boston Massacre when the Americans were harassing the British
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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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Before You Read Johnny Tremain Chapters 9–12 FOCUS ACTIVITY Do you think that an individual can play an important role in historical events? Do you think that a small number of people who are deeply committed to a cause have the power to change the course of history? Why or why not? Share Ideas In a small group‚ discuss the questions listed above. Challenge group members to support their ideas and opinions with specific examples from history or from the real events and characters described in the
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