special English stamp on them to be legal). Unrest was in the air now. The colonists were furious about this tax especially as they had no representative in the British Parliament. When ships carrying the stamps arrived in Boston Paul Revere‚ Sam Adams and many other Patriots formed a group named “The Sons of Liberty”. This group marched through the streets protesting the Stamp Act. They must have made
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By the Revolution‚ colonists had established an extent of identity and unity due to salutary neglect‚ communication‚ and incongruous beliefs. The time period from settler’s arrival at Jamestown in 1607 to the French Indian War is known as salutary neglect. England’s loose hold on the colonies allowed for the colonies to flourish economically and socially. Navigation laws created in 1696 and mercantilist policies were not strictly enforced the colonists were able to work their economy and trade
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Revere’s most famous act though‚ was his Midnight Ride during the Revolution. On April 18‚ 1775‚ Paul Revere was given the assignment to ride from Boston to Lexington to warn John Hancock and Samuel Adams of the British Regulars on the way to confiscate the militia’s armaments and arrest Hancock and Adams. Lanterns were hung in an old church bell tower to signal to colonists in Charlestown in case both Revere and his companion‚ William Dawes‚ were captured: One lantern if by land and two lanterns
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Abigail Smith Adams Born: Place: Weymouth‚ Massachusetts Date: 1744‚ November 11 Father: William Smith‚ 1706‚ January 29‚ Charlestown‚ Massachusetts‚ died 1783‚ September‚ Weymouth‚ Massachusetts. He was a Congregationalist minister. Mother: Elizabeth Quincy‚ born 1721‚ Braintree‚ Massachusetts‚ died 1775‚ Weymouth‚ Massachusetts; married in 1740. She was the daughter of John Quincy‚ a member of the colonial Governor’s council and colonel of the militia. Mr. Quincy was also Speaker
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a bargain price. This act enraged the colonists‚ in which made them violently react through the Boston Tea Party. A cluster of men who publicly resisted British authority were called the Sons of Liberty‚ and consisted of leaders Paul Revere and Samuel Adams. The Sons of Liberty had constructed and engaged in a retaliation scheme against Great Britain’s Tea Act‚ through the Boston
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Chapter 7 term Sheet The Road to Revolution 1. Republicanism - a just society as one is in which all citizens willingly subordinate their private‚ selfish interests to the common good. 2. Radical Whigs - group of British political commentators; widely read by the colonists‚ feared the threat to liberty posed by the arbitrary power of the monarch and Parliament; warned to colonists to be watchful of any violations to their rights or corruption in leadership; hated use of patronage and bribes
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Quincy Adams Quote: “Individual liberty is individual power‚ and as the power of the community is a mass compounded of individual powers‚ the nation which enjoys the most freedom must necessarily be in proportion to its numbers the most powerful nation.” •Major Events While In Office: -Erie Canal Opens (1825) -Tariff of Abominations (1828) •Privileged and Unique Childhood As the son of John Adams‚ the second president of the United States and the erudite Abigail Adams‚ John Quincy Adams had an
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Colonial unity in the Americas were really weak. Each colony was like a separate nation‚ with no central government but the parliament leading them. The colonial political unity in America has grown from the French and Indian War to the Second Continental Congress. They have struggled to keep unity between the colonies during these times. Between the end of the French and Indian War and the Second Continental Congress‚ colonial political unity has changed and grown. Near the end of the French and
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John Adams By David McCullough Characters John Adams - Abigail Smith Adam’s husband. Father of five children. The 1st vice president of the United States and its 2nd president. But before this a Harvard graduate‚ a school teacher‚ a renowned and ethical lawyer and a legal and constitutional scholar. Abigail Smith Adams - John Adams’ wife. An important person in John’s life for more than 50 years‚ constantly exchanging letters with him. She encouraged him and pushed him through these letters
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