Was born on February 22 of 1732 and died on December 14 of 1799.
He was the first President of the
Because of his significant role in the revolution and in the formation of the
The Continental Congress appointed
He presided over the Philadelphia Convention that drafted the United States Constitution in 1787.
He supported plans to build a strong central government by funding the national debt, implementing an effective tax system, and creating a national bank.
He was awarded the first Congressional Gold Medal with the Thanks of Congress in 1776.
Henry Lee, delivering the funeral oration, declared
Was Born on December of
He was an American silversmith and a patriot in the American Revolution.
In his lifetime,
After his death he was famous for his role as a messenger in the battles of
Paul Revere later served as an officer in the Penobscot Expedition, one of the most disastrous campaigns of the American Revolutionary War. After the war, he was early to recognize the potential for large-scale manufacturing of metal.
Was born on October 30 of 1735 and died on July 4 of 1826.
He was a politician philosopher, and the second president of the
Was a delegate from Massachusetts to the Continental Congress, he persuade Congress to declare independence, and assisted Thomas Jefferson in drafting the United States Declaration of Independence in 1776.
He was a major negotiator of the eventual peace treaty with
Adams' revolutionary credentials secured him two terms as George Washington's vice president and his own election as the second president of the
The major accomplishment of his presidency was his peaceful resolution of the Quasi-War crisis with
Adams was the father of John Quincy Adams, the sixth President of the
Was born on September 27 of
Samuel Adams was politician philosopher and one of the Founding Fathers of the
Was a leader of the American Revolution. He was a second cousin to John Adams.
He graduate from Harvard College, he was an unsuccessful businessman and tax collector, was an influential official of the Massachusetts House of Representatives and was a part of a movement opposed to the British Parliament's efforts to tax the colonies without their consent.
His 1768 circular letter calling for colonial cooperation prompted the occupation of
Continued resistance to British policy resulted in the 1773 Boston Tea Party and the coming of the American Revolution.
After the coercive acts he a attended the Continental Congress in
Was born in January 23, 1737
He was a merchant and a Prominent Patriot of the American Revolution.
He was the first and third Governor of the
John Hancock, before the American Revolution, was one of the wealthiest men in the Thirteen Colonies, having a profitable shipping business from his uncle. He began his political career in
When the conflicts between the colonists and
Hancock was one of
British empire was angry against the colonists because of the waste of the tea. Since they couldn't blame anyone in specific, they closed ports of Boston until they paid for the tea and also the taxes. They also created the Administration of Justice act, which said that if any British officer commited any crime, he would be sent to Britain for trial. Colonits were so annoyed that they assalted anyone who spoke in favor of royalty.
New Taxes Lead To New Protests
British still needed to raise money to pay what they spent and the salaries. In 1767 Charles Townshend , financial chief officer, thought that they should tax the colonists indirectly by adding taxes to the glass, paints, lead, paper and tea among others. But the colonists still protested that they wouldn’t pay any type of taxes to the British government.
Large riots rose, mostly from Boston; one of the most famous being The Boston Massacre. This involved a group of protestants that started throwing rocks to the soldiers that were guarding a custom house. In defence, the soldiers shoot to five colonists.
After this happening, Samuel Adams created the Committee of Correspondence. The function of this was a form of communication between the colonies so that they could have a fast comeback to any decision the British government took against them. This was vital for the independence; it provoked colonial unity.
Still the colonists had to fight against the taxed of the Parliament. The Parliament was starting to worry because their way of getting money was not working. They decided to emit an act declaring that The British East India Company (that was going bankrupt because colonists didn’t buy their tea) could sell directly to the consumer and that lowered the Price, making it better to buy that tea rather than the smuggled Dutch Tea. But the colonist still did buy their tea, instead in December of 1773, a group of Boston Patriots disguised as Indians , boarded a tea ship, broke every tea container and threw it to the sea. This act is known as the Boston Tea Party and it is still celebrated on the United States.