Wednesday, February 8, 2012

Revolution Highlights

Class Collected Notes from Revolution on the History Channel

  • Boston 1765 - Thomas Hutchinson, Leuitenant Justice of the King's Council
  • March 5, 1770 - Boston Massacre - 5 people died
  • December 16, 1773 - Boston Tea Party, dressed like Mohawk Indians to oppose stamp on tea. Threw over 420 cases of tea worth 10,000 pounds
  • "No taxation without representation" - Patrick Henry (from Virginia)
  • Loyalists often tormented by the colonist
  • Benjamin Franklin was a patriot but his son was a loyalist
  • Paul Revere - Lit of the tower saying the British were coming by sea, not land
  • London is 3000 miles

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