Braintree, Massachusetts

The Sacco and Vanzetti case was one that brought a lot of attention and controversy to American Society. Nicola Sacco was a shoemaker and Bartolommeo Vanzetti was a fish peddler both of which were Italian immigrants working in Boston. Sacco and Vanzetti were accused of stealing $16,000 from a shoe factory and murder of the pay master and the guard. In both Chapter 25 and Upton Sinclair’s letter the reader is still left an uncertainty of their innocence or in fact guilty. In our book, the author

Italy, whither he was planning shortly to return to visit his recently bereaved father.” An Italian consulate official supported the statement, reassuring that Sacco had in fact visited his consulate at a time that makes Sacco’s relations with the Braintree crime impossible. Furthermore, witnesses confirmed that Vanzetti was selling fish on April 15 and could not have been involved in the murder

Slater and Morrill Shoe Company and murdering two of the factory’s workers (After the Fact 256). At the time of the Braintree holdup, the police were investigating a similar crime in Bridgewater. In both cases a gang was involved, and the suspects escaped in a car. Eyewitnesses believed the criminals to be Italians. So, when Sacco and Vanzetti appeared at a parking garage near Braintree and drove off in a car police suspected was getaway vehicle in both crimes, Sacco and Vanzetti were arrested

John Adams John Adams, this man has done many things. John Adams was born in braintree, massachusetts, or now as it is now called Quincy, massachusetts, on October thirtieth in the year 1735(“John Adams”). After being given a scholarship when he was sixteen John Adams attended Harvard University . There he was given his Master's degree and his Undergraduate degree. John then later graduated from Harvard in 1755 when he was twenty years old(“Bio.Com2”). John Adams was also part of the first continental

John Hancock was born on January 12, 1737 in Braintree, Massachusetts. He was orphaned as a child and then was adopted by a wealthy merchant uncle who was childless. Hancock went to Harvard College for a business education. He graduated Harvard College at the age of 17. He apprenticed to his uncle as a clerk and proved to be honest and capable that in 1760, he was sent on a business mission to England. In England, he witnessed the coronation of King George III and engaged some of the leading

Charles W. Akers. Abigail Adams: A Revolutionary Woman. Third ed. New York: Pearson Longman, 2007.            Charles W. Akers’ Abigail Adams: A Revolutionary Woman is written about Abigail Adams whom is the wife to the second president of the United States, John Adams. Abigail begins by describing the role of women during the colonial time when the US only consisted of the 13 colonies. Starting with her birth on November 11, 1744 to her death on October 28, 1818 Abigail describes the role she played

Abigail Smith Adams was born in Weymouth, Massachusetts, on November 11, 1744. She was born to Elizabeth Quincy Smith and Reverend William Smith. Her father, being a reverend, taught her to respect God and help others in any way she could. Schools of this time were only accepting boys at this time and girls were to be instructed at home. Abigail was not satisfied with the limited education so she began the read books from her father’s library. Smith encouraged his daughter to learn. He wanted her

but most of the time it did not work because of the important seal missing on the paper that concluded they had payed the extra three pence. The excerpt from the document also holds statements from John Adams, a young lawyer that worked in Braintree, Massachusetts. One of his statements that is on

John Adams was born October 30th, 1735, in Quincy(formerly known as Braintree), Massachusetts. The son of John Adams Sr. and Susanna Boylston Adams. When Adams was sixteen years old he received an scholarship to Harvard University where he graduated in 1755 at the age of twenty. After graduating he studied law in the office of James Putman a very well known lawyer even though his father wanted him to join the ministry. He earned a master's degree in 1758, from harvard and then admitted to the bar

helped plant the seeds that would start women and men thinking about women 's rights and roles in a country that had been founded on the ideals of equality and independence.Abigail Adams was born Abigail Smith on November 22, 1744, in Weymouth, Massachusetts, a farm community about fifteen miles southeast of Boston. Her family on both sides had lived in the colonies for several generations and was well established in the most influential circles of society. Her father, William Smith, was a Harvard