Diary Entry Of John Howland

In 1775 General Thomas Gage, Commander if the British Force in the Massachusetts Colony, issued orders to the troops quartered in Boston, Massachusetts to march to Concord and and destroy the colonial military stores that were there. The reason the British were in Massachusetts in the first place was because the people of Massachusetts were very rebellious and have had many violent resistances against the British already. The secret orders that Gage issued were hardly a secret and some colonials knew about this movement a week before the British moved out. Both the British troops and the colonial militia meet each other at Lexington Green on the 19th of April, 1775. Suddenly a bullet whizzed

I am John Rolfe also known as one of the earliest English colonists and farmers of North America. I was born in 1585. I am the son of John Rolfe and Dorothea Mason. I work as a businessman and a farmer. In June 1609, my wife and I sailed for the New World on a ship called the Sea Venture. This ship held about 500-600 new settlers. The purpose of this convoy was to help those in need in Jamestown, and bring the colony back together. On July 24, we were within 7 days of reaching the colony when a hurricane hit the convoy and badly damaged the Sea Venture. The colonists and I worked as hard as we could to build to new ships to continue on our way. We used Bermuda cedar and as many remains as we could find from the Sea Venture. The two new ships

He was agonizingly strapped to the ship, in order to withstand the lure and temptation of the siren’s songs. He struggled with all his might, to give in to the Sirens callings. He was strong, but he was able to resist. Once they were safely past the Sirens, his crew set

In the early 1600’s, John Winthrop grew up in a very wealthy family. He attended college at 15 and at 17 he was married. Winthrop loved his wife very much but at times he thought maybe too much (he remarried 3 times because his first 2 wives passed away). As a Puritan, Winthrop dedicated his life to God, but as he got older, England’s government made it harder and harder to be a Puritan, due to the fact that the king said outright he hated Puritans. Winthrop went on to study law and eventually became a common attorney in the court of wards; though Winthrop was happy to get this job, it kept him away from his family. After a short while in this position, Winthrop began to feel less and less important, as Puritans were the

John Winthrop- was a wealthy Puritan lawyer and a prominent figure in the founding of the Massachusetts Bay Colony, the first major settlement in New England after Plymouth Colony.

Soon after working in law for 4 years, in 1811 John switched over to the field of politics and got elected into the Virginia House of Delegates. Once there he assisted in making many crucial decisions such as vote to wage the “unnecessary” war of 1812 with Great Britain. Moving up in the ranks, in 1813 John became captain of the militia.

John went to harvard college and graduated in 1754. After the war in 1780 John Hancock won a election to become the first governor of massachusetts. He held office until 1785 and then reelected in 1787.Hancock was a candidate in the first U.S. presidential election while he did have a small amount of votes he did not

John Winthrop led the English Puritans of the Massachusetts Bay Colony to the New World embarking the ship Arbella. John explained his desire to “…work as one man”, (Doc. A) Majorly wanting a message of equality to get across and the hope to make it successfully as a group. Unity as such was strongly needed in the journey to the New World. The beginning of the founding of the colony came to a rough start with the desire for many different things, the messy beginning called for a leader,

[J]oined the local militia, fought in the Battles of Bunker Hill, Saratoga, and Lexington, and rose to the rank of captain in the Fifth Massachusetts Regiment. He was wounded in battle and never got paid for his military service. When in 1780 he returned home to Brookfield, a rural area west of Boston, he found that he was being taken to court for debts that went unpaid while he was off fighting the war. Since he had not been compensated for his service, he had no way of paying these debts.

In 1765,John Hancock entered local politics when he was elected boston selectman. John hancock won the election of Massachachusetts. Massachusetts was the center of the colony. John Hancock was president of the Second continental congress from 1775 to 1777 when

John Winthrop- John Winthrop went to trinity college at age fifteen and married his first wife at 17 years old. Winthrop studied law and was an attorney at the Court of Wards and Liveries. He trained himself to be a full-fledged puritan. His religious experience made him a social activist. Winthrop joined the company, pledging to sell his land and move his family to Massachusetts. he was chosen governor 12 times between 1631 and 1648 and died on March 26, 1649.

John Adams was one of the most influential people in American history. He was one of our founding fathers,presidents, and a profound well known lawyer. John was born on October 30, 1735; In a small town in Massachusetts called Braintree. He was a lively and rambunctious young boy who loved to do anything he could in the outdoors, whether it was hunting, fishing, or just running around. He wanted to become a farmer like his dad, but his dad wanted a better life for John and a good education for him too. After John was done with his education and graduated, he decided he wanted to become a lawyer, but he did not have the money to be able to study law. He decided to work in a Latin school to gain enough money for his tuition. After he had enough he went on to study law and become a great lawyer. In his most famous case John defended the British soldiers of the Boston Massacre showing that everybody deserves to have equal representation even though the whole town of Boston was against him. John would also go on to be a

John Adams was born in a town that is now called Quincy, Massachusetts on October 30, 1735. His parents were John Adams Sr. and Susanna Boylston. Susanna came from a renowned family, and John Adams Sr. was a farmer and a town councilman. At the young age of 16 he received a scholarship to attend Harvard University. In 1758 he got a master’s degree and passed the bar to become a remarkable lawyer. The most noteworthy case that he was a part of was called the Boston Massacre, which would later spark the revolutionary war. He defended the soldiers who were being charged with manslaughter, and seven were acquitted of the charges but the other two were charged. However for choosing to represent the soldiers he was treated in an unfriendly

2. He was a governor of the Massachusetts Bay Colony who resolved to use the colony as a refuge for persecuted Puritans and as an instrument of building a “wilderness Zion” in America.

On January 25, 1794 Elizabeth married William Magee Seton, who was 25 years old and a wealthy business man in trade. William belonged to a Scottish family. He and his family immigrated to New York in 1758, and became part time owners of an iron works factory in New Jersey. William was a loyalist, and the last public notary for the city and province of New York during the war. William and Elizabeth had 5 children during there long marriage.