rooms. The largest room was the taproom that featured an old wood bar, chairs and a few desks spread throughout. There was large fireplace in the corner that warmed up the bar nicely. In the back of the tavern was a special room that designated for meetings of groups. The last time John William was in that room was when he was introduced to Captain Parker 1 year ago. Captain Parker had come to the tavern to recruit militia men from the town. That was the day that John William eagerly signed up. The waitress brought over a pitcher for the two that contained Flip. Flip was and American beverage that was made in pitchers and consisted of two thirds strong beer and rum. Into this mixture was dropped a red-hot iron loggerhead that made it …show more content…
We took separate routes in case one of us was captured: Dawes left the city via the Boston Neck peninsula and I crossed the Charles River to Charlestown by boat. As we made our way, Patriots in Charlestown waited for a signal from Boston informing them of the British troop movement. As previously agreed, one lantern would be hung in the steeple of Boston’s Old North Church, the highest point in the city, if the British were marching out of the city by Boston Neck, and two lanterns would be hung if they were crossing the Charles River to Cambridge. We discovered that two lanterns were hung, and we set out to Lexington and then will be heading to Concord. Along the way, we roused hundreds of Minutemen, who are armed and set ready to oppose the British. We need speak to Adams and Hancock immediately.” The three men immediately got up and went to the back of the tavern to the meeting room. It was there that John William saw Samuel Adams and John Hancock for the first time. The two had been hiding out in the town of Lexington for the past two weeks. They watched as Paul Revere relayed the message to the pair. After they finished their conversation Captain Parker walked back to the table that John William and Jasper were setting at and asked John William to gather all of the militia men in town and meet back at the tavern at
He rode with William Dawes, and was later joined by Samuel Prescott, another Patriot. Dawes and Revere both rode to Lexington to warn Sam Adams about the British. When they reached, Sam Adams was extremely excited and saw it as a great opportunity to stop the British. They also discovered that the redcoats were going to march on the countryside, and went to warn others.
Paul revere was riding home with Samuel Dawes and William Prescott and noticed the British were marching toward Lexington in large numbers. He also noticed the were heavily armed and were ready to fight. He rode north through the streets of Lexington, Concord, and other various small
Paul Revere was summoned by Dr.Joseph Warren of Boston and given the task of riding to Lexington, Massachusetts with the news that regular troops were about to march into the countryside northwest of Boston.Samuel Adams and John Hancock,who were staying at a house in Lexington,and probably continue on to the town of Concord,to capture or destroy military stores — gunpowder,ammunition,and several cannon.
When the smoke cleared the British began their march to Concord to search for weapons. They planned to burn any weapons they found and march the 18 miles back to Boston. As the British troops marched, they heard the alarms sounding and they knew the colonist were aware they were coming. Once in Concord they found very little and
After the Boston Massacre the Sons of Liberty called it a battle for American liberty and just cause for removal of british troops from Boston. Then a patriot named Paul Revere had the infamous midnight run and was going to Concord to warn Patriot leaders.Paul was caught and was stranded near Lexington. When later the “Shot heard round’ the world” started the American Revolution, the Sons had formed the first armies known as militias. Then when the battles had erupted The leaders of the Sons like Samuel Adams, Paul Revere, John Hancock, Benjamin rush, and Oliver Wolcott then became the leaders of the war along with people like George Washington.
Early in the evening on April 18, 1775 Dr. Joseph Warren, a prominent leader of the Sons of Liberty, became aware that Gage’s soldiers were marching to Boston common.4 Warren knew the warning had to get out so he summoned William Dawes, a local tanner and active Boston militiaman, for the important mission. Dawes instructions, the land route, were to ride to Lexington and Concord and report on the British movements and to notify colonial leaders along his routes. Dawes immediately rode
On Monday, March 5th, 1770 a British sentry, guarding the entrance to the Boston Customs House, got into an argument with a barber’s apprentice. (Paragraph 5, Sentence 1) As the controversy grew, so did the crowd. After Privat Montgomery, a British troop, was struck by a club, he fired a shot into the crowd. His men followed and killed a total of five men. “On March 13th the colony’s attorney general issued 13 indictments for murder” (Paragraph 13, Sentence 1) The trials of the four customs officers, the eight British soldiers, and Captain Preston were soon to follow.
Founded on September 7th, 1630, Boston was one of the largest cities in North America, and was also a hotbed for revolutionary Patriots in the late 1700’s. Yet very little meaningful fighting happened around this area, despite its size, and the some 28,000 men in and around it. It was because of the Continental Army's lack of discipline, trained officers and adequate equipment, and the British force's laziness around orders and lack of enthusiasm for going on the offensive that made the Siege of Boston an avoidable, and pointless stalemate.
The patriots had everything to lose. The British on the other hand would lose trade and land rights. The patriots if they lost would be tried for treason and hanged. The British troops in america showed lack of determination. David McCullough shows the british lack of determination by writing, “ What, in God’s name, are ye all about in England? Have you forgot us?’ asked a british officer in a letter from a Boston published in London’s Morning Chronicle. He wished that all the ‘violent people’ who favored more vigorous measures in America could be sent over to see for themselves. Their vigor would be quickly cooled.’God send us peace and a good fireside in Old England. (McCullough, David G. 1776).” The British soldier shows his feelings of anger and homesickness. Homesickness and Anger in the British troops caused them not to fight with 100%. The determination of the Patriots and British troops in the end played an important
Governor Gage sent troops to Concord to recover weapons from the colonists. Patriots found out this secret plan. Paul Revere, Robert Newman, William Dawes alert the minutemen.
The Boston Tea party helped repeal tax on tea and made a stand on the British. But was it necessary? When thinking of the Boston Tea party, tea being dumped into a river or an ocean comes to mind. But there is so much more than that. The questions that should come to mind are; was it necessary, who and how it was organized, what effects did it have on the British East India Company and on the United States.
But some untrustworthy friends of Gages leaked his plans of ambushing. Two lanterns hanging from the Boston’s Northside church informed the countryside of Boston that the British were going to attack. A group of men on horses such as Paul revere, Williams Dawes, and Dr. Samuel Prescott riding their horses. “It is a myth that Revere and other riders shouted, "The British are coming!" This warning would have confused a good many of the Americans living in the countryside who still considered themselves British.
On a freezing cold day in Boston, 1770, John and Hugh, who were redcoats, were ordered to stand guard on King Street. Silence surrounded the soldiers on the street, nervousness and anxiousness crept towards them. They knew the Boston colonists and the Sons of Liberty, who were showing animosity towards King George for charging them unfair taxes. The colonists were all enraged because of what the king is doing. The Americans totally dislike the King's soldiers on American ground, therefore they have been harassing and infuriating them. The English soldiers had been invading the area and forcing Americans to let them live in their houses. Because America was angry at Britain, the two redcoat partners uneasily watched the avenue.
Following the events in Massachusetts at Lexington and Concord, April 19, 1775, state militiamen from Massachusetts, Connecticut, Rhode Island and Vermont gathered in Cambridge and the area surrounding Boston. British General Gage and about 6,000 soldiers and marines were in possession of Boston, while the American force consisted of over 16,000 men. Sickness and missing soldiers brought the number of available soldiers closer to 9,000. In addition, the American force was extremely short of gunpowder, having only around thirty or so half-full barrels of powder over what was carried in the horns of their citizen soldiers. (Ellis 27-29)
During this time “Minutemen” were beginning to sign up to fight in the revolution. Minutemen consisted of middle class men of the town, mainly farm boys and mechanics. Elitists were chosen to lead the one hundred and forty men militia, “ David Brown (North) became captain of one company, Charles Miles (South) the other” (Gross 60). Both men were similar, “ in age and in status, both in there forties and owners of one-hundred-acre farms” (Gross 60). Also, the two men were very intelligent, “Brown had the advantage in political experience—he had been a selectman for four years. But Miles was no novice—he had held a commission as lieutenant in the militia since 1771” (Gross 60-61). Eventually the townspeople realized they would need more men to fight in this revolt and so elitist began recruiting all men, whether they were rich or poor. For the people of Concord the Minutemen are what they needed to bring unity to the town. On April 19, 1775 Brown and Miles led their minutemen to critical battle. Minutemen ambushed the British, “it was the shot heard around the world.” (Revolutionary War notes) The Concord militia took out over two hundred British before the British withdrew and scurried to Boston. The Battle of Lexington and Concord was won but it also ignited a flame that turned the Revolutionary War into high apparatus. Despite what was going on, Concord was free and was determined to make a change economically and