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I  am sorry that my comment is so late for chapters 6 and 7 but I am far behind. Anyway it`s strange that politics effect how the pastor preeches. The choise of tax on tea made by England will lead to the boston tea party. Anyway, Sam adams` visit to jhonny and rab is a big deal. His visit was to tell rab about the tea party. As it goes on, the book gets more exsiting. The sons of liberty killed a tory for chasing them. but why does jhonny have a knife. Sam Adams and Rab may really fight war ships. They are either brave or stupid. The meeting about the tea party is very cool. They describe  the full plan and put it into action. Paul Revere is a brave man. He is one of the first people (in the book) to risk their life for freedom. I remember one of liam`s first comments he said jhonny and cilla were to be married. I had said I missed that part. Now the book says jhonny loves cilla. I wonder if she loves him back? I think jhonny`s dream about the ship represents his fear of destroying the tea. What is the Boston Massacre? Now there`s some real suspece. If the tea ships leave with the tea they grt shot down. However the ships must unload everything.To make matters worce ARMED citizens guard the ships.I read a book saying that the people in the tea party looke indeans. in this book the boys get dressed up as indeans. The boys also have a sigh i don`t nknow if it`s historicaly acurret but it`s still cool. Jhonny plays an important role in the tea party. The Boston Tea Party is described very well in this book. i can`t belive Dove tried to steal tea. but it`s kind of funny that rab threw dove into the water.  the picture on page 160 is cool and very well done. I did not know that no harm was caused to the ships at the boston tea party. i think asea chest is what the tea was in. i can`t belive the british admeral caught them after the tea party. why does the town of boston have to pay for the tea. sure , they destroyed it but England put TAX ON IT. I wonder why Cilla is calld Precilla Lapham on one of the pages. It`s sad that mr.lapham died. Life in bostan has been bad ever since the red coats came.

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When they say death to any man who fires I think the mean kill anybody that shoots at them. Mr. Lyte was trying to escape which was against the law. Yet, they still treat him like him like a king. Mr. Lyte must be really sick because  the book said ''he turned purple and fell over''. Cilla was going back to get the silver because Miss Lavinia  did not scold her. Is it weird that Mr. Lyte`s favorite ship is called the Unicorn ? Who is Johnny`s real mother and what is her name ? it mentions her a lot in the book. I can not believe that I have not asked this question before.  Should Johnny`s last name be Latour because of his father. Did his mother`s last name be Tremain or Lyte also did she change her last name back to Tremain when her husband died ? Wit how is Johnny predicting the future he mentioned the Civil War and they win the war ? It is very weird that British prisoners are naked, have tar poured on them ,have black feathers put on them, and are kept in crates. In the book it said that they try to dress them like crows. Disgusting is it not ? What kind of people would do that to another human being. Since Mr. Tweedie did not marry Dorcas or Madge Miss Lapham married him herself so now she is Mrs. Tweedie. I was thinking that Philadelphia was capital of the United States or maybe back the Thirteen Colonies because the book said '' let us send it to the Continental Congress of Philadelphia". Did you know that Philadelphia was capital of the United States from 1790 to 1800 then Washington became capital. Now they want war and will not settle for peace. I still do not know why Johnny is still talking about the Civil War when they have not even started the Revolutionary war. Sam Adams old Paul Revere o set up a secret spy system. The spy system  is really working not one perso that works for the British has found out about it. I think the name Lieutenant Stranger is a weird name. Did you guys hear that Dove gets called bad names and gets sea shells thrown at him because he works for the British. Dove is really  over confident about the British winning the war. Rab finally got a musket.

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1. Read Chapters 8-9 (pg's 197-253) and post a comment by 6/13/16.
2. Respond to one of your classmates posts.

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I was really hyped in the last assignment and cannot wait ONE BIT to see what you guys come up with. To start, on page 197, I like the picture for that chapter. And do the Lytes have a RUBY coach? As in, ruby the gem? On a page a few pages after page 197, Miss Lavinia 'crawls' out of the ruby coach. She tries to smile, and the book says Johnny has seen the same face on a dead woodchuck. Johnny's liking for Miss Lavinia is disappearing quickly! On page 200, Cilla says "Mr. Lyte turned purple and fell." I really want to know if she meant that literally or not. very near the start of *2* they mention the Lytes sitting down for dinner. My guess: the coach they took took them to the Lyte's house.The Lytes must have a very well-stocked pantry because this is what the book says: "Bread broken and never eaten.The roast of beef, with Yorkshire pudding sticking in the gravy. A bowl of salad was still fresh. Wine in slender goblets." However, I must admit that their stock is quite old. After dinner, Johnny starts to explore the Lyte's house. He comes to Miss Lavinia's room. There he finds things strewn across the floor. It seems to me that Johnny is surprised by this. Now, going back to when Mr. Lyte accused Johnny of being a thief, Cilla called him downstairs to help carry silver and bins and who-knows-what. Shortly after he arrives, Cilla asks which cup is his. Johnny says that Mr. Lyte can keep his cup. To me, this is weird. Especially since it is Mr. Lyte stole the cup from Johnny. That concludes the bit of my comment for Chapter 8. Now Chapter 9. Right in the beginning, it says Paul Revere organized a spy system. Not surprising, seeing as he's what I would call 'the night rider'. Cole, you were right. They've started talking about the Revolutionary War. Has Dove got a job? Because in Chapter 9, it says that Dove is Colonel Smith's horse boy. Also, it looks like someone can't spell a word. The book says " to confee-confass-confiscu".And on page 243, the horse has a big... yeah (LOL). BYE!!! :) :) :) :)

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Cole, I agree with you about people wanting England to lower the taxes. That is one of the main things that started the Revolutionary War. Speaking of the Revolutionary War, I agree that the book will talk about that next. The Dartmouth IS the first ship to arrive at the docks. The Dartmouth is a cool name.

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Liam I also wonder if the East Indian Company  is housed in India or England. I do also wonder if Johnny will ever marry Cilla and yes you are right we do have to keep reading to find out.  Now everybody in the Lyte family will forever know Johnny as the boy who stole the cup. Finally Mrs. Lapham wants Dorcas to marry Mr. Tweedie and that what  she was really mad when Dorcas ran away  with Frizel jr.

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The book says the Boston Observer is a news paper and it also says the fat guy is Mr. lyte. I agree that things with johnny and cilla. So yeah, you were right. and last, jhonny does have silver buttons if the book said he does.

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Apparently, England has put taxes on tea. Now the cheapest tea Americans can get is tea from the East Indian company. In Chapter 6, Johnny is watching the Lytes. Very shortly after, it says he wants to meet Miss Lavinia. I am wondering if this is related to Johnny wanting Miss Lavinia to kiss him on the brow. He later finds her at the stables. It looks like she recognized him as the "boy who stole the cup". So far, it seems that Miss Lavinia isn't as nice as Johnny would like. Then at the end of *1*,  Johnny goes over to a friend's house and meets his friends Josiah Quincy, John Adams, and James Otis. In *2*, the sight of Cilla touches Johnny's heart. After that it said he pitied her. When I read that, I thought that Johnny and Cilla's marriage was back on track. Who knows? Maybe I'm right, maybe I'm wrong. I guess we have to read the book to find out. And one more thing, does Mrs. Lapham want Dorcas to marry Mr. Tweedie?

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Apparently, England has now put taxes on tea. Now, the cheapest tea Americans can get is tea from the East Indian Company (are they housed in India?) . In chapter 6, Johnny is watching the Lytes. Very shortly after, it says he wants to meet Miss Lavinia. I am wondering if this is related to Johnny wanting

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In chapter 6 they started talking about the Boston Tea Party. All the taxes have been paid. People want the British to lower taxes. The Dartmouth (name of one of the ships bringing the tea.) was first to arrive at docks/harbor. The town of Boston is starting to defy taxes even more. When Johnny says he watches the Lyte`s does he mean see them in town or stalk them through a window. Mr. Molineax`s house is going bankruptcy that means he must be poor. Did you know that if you are close to bankruptcy you could lose your house? When Johnny said James is the smartest of them all I think he means out of the four.  Paul Revere was drawing a political cartoon on the Boston Tea Party. I wonder why Priscilla can not hear about the political party. WOW ! Johnny has just heard Dusty ran away to sea. Did you guys hear Rab said the Govenor would not agree? Why is the meeting where Johnny Rab sleep. I wonder why the boys had to leave while the rest of the men were still talking. They said to wear  a disguise and bring a axe or hatchet. The tea party began and I think  they will start to talk about the Revolutionary War next. Did you guys hear that the wealthy were going poor because the dock was shut down. Why would Rab touch a lock on a musket when an officer was nearby. The next thing Rab knew was he was unconscious Johnny has not seen Cilla for a while. I can not believe that Mr. Tweedie would wait for Cilla.

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Sorry this comment is a little late but here it is. I think Jhonny wants to marry Cilla. But I can infer Mrs. Lapham wants Tweedy to. Anyway, he wants to get Cilla a horse and a cart. He got thrown out of Mr. Lyte`s house for saying his name is Jhonny, Lyte , Tremain . I think Jhonny just gets mad from time to time. Mr. Lyte has a change of heart because of a cup he thinks jhonny stole. And Lyte singed a paper saying he will not get goods from England but he did it anyway. Rab is right about lyte being crooked. I don`t fully understand what "riding two horses" means. Rab is kind to jhonny. He offered him a place to sleep if things go wrong. Mr. lyte should not have arrested jhonny. While in jail jhonny is given much feedback by rab. cilla cares much for jhonny and probably she and rab went to court late so they didn't draw attention to themselves. in a way isannah saved jhonny .I wonder what "we ran hell for leather" means? I wonder is working for rab will pull jhonny into the sons of liberty. It seems mr. tweedy is worce to the laphams than jhonny ever was.

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1. Read Chapters 6 and 7 and post a comment for these chapters by 6/6.
2. Respond to one of your classmates posts.

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Liam I agree with you saying merchants are church related because of the baptizing. Do you rember that Mr. Lyte saying ''servant please go and baptize this boy in my name''. The chapter ''The Rising Eye'' and the ''The Boston Observer'' do sound cool and I actually knew that Observer means news. I did not hear  the word sea chest in chapter four and five but, thank you for telling me. Liam that fat guy is Merchant Lyte. Is it weird that Mr. Lyte is fat. I think it is even weirder how Johnny is related to him.

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I agree with you, Cole. It is weird how Johnny wants Miss. Lavina to kiss his brow. Chapters 4 and/or 5 said he didn't like girls. Also, you mentioned Cilla's real name. I think it is cool, her real name being Priscilla. And I did not know that "nag" means an old horse. Thanks for telling me! However, I must have missed the bit where Johnny saved the cat. :) :)

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It is very weird why Johnny wants Miss. Lavina  to kiss him on the brow even though he does not like girls. Mr. Lyte is probably the meanest guy Johnny ever met. he  Litterally told his servants to drown Johnny. Mr. Lyte is a very greedy man. Johnny is a little greedy to. I can not believe Johnny's cup matched Mr. Lyte's. WOW ! Johnny  is getting arrested because Mr. Lyte thought he stole it plus everyone is turning against Johnny. Rab is doing everything  to get Johnny out of jail. He got Johnny lawyer he is also getting Cilla which her rea name is Priscilla. Did you know Johnny could not ride a horse but Rab thinks he could learn. Did you know nag means old horse. Rab has a loft above the printing press so he should do more work. Johnny is starting to get used to his horse Goblin. Johnn said he would just about kill Dove if he saw him again. Did you hear Johnny rescued a cat.

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First, I'd like to note my liking of the titles of Chapters 4-5. "The Rising Eye" just sounds cool to me. The Chapter 5 title, "The Boston Observer", is a newspaper's title. I can tell by the "Observer" part. Chapter 4 mentioned "sea chests" . My guess: either a chest with contents that will help you at sea, or a chest that contains treasures from the sea. The book stated that Johnny walked half the length of Long Wharf. Isn't it the largest wharf (dock) in that area? Plus, the first picture in Chapter 4. Is the guy fat (what a LOL!) ? Or is it just the picture? I really don't know. As I said before, this book has REALLY fancy pictures. That fat guy seems to be a merchant. I think merchants are church-related, because the merchant said something about baptizing. In *2*, what story do the girls (Cilla and Isannah?) tell Mrs. Lapham that she believes? Also, Mrs. Lapham said something about a birth/death room. If anyone mentioned the birth/death room, and I'm sorry, but I might have missed that part of the book. Further into *2*, Mrs. Lapham is like, " Secondly. There's to be no more talk of you and Cilla." My inquiry in my very first comment has been answered: it didn't turn out too well. Or at least so far. Can someone tell me if "saucebox" is an old-fashioned curse? Because Mrs. Lapham doesn't use it nicely in her talk with Johnny. And one more question, does Johnny have silver buttons on his shirt (it says so in *3*) ? :) :)

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1. Please read Chapters 4-5 (pages 81-131) and post a comment about these pages by 5/31
2. Respond to at least one of your group members post.

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Cole, Mrs. Lapham screamed that Jhonny was a "criminal". And I thought mrs. lapham wanted Jhonny to marry one of her girls. I think she just likes tweedy more.

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I did know about Mr. Tweedie. If you read my post for Chapter 3, you'd know his first name is Percival. It looks like he is a silversmith, too. I also knew that  Johnny is looking around at the end of Boston. I wonder if this is connected with his talk with Paul Revere. I don't exactly think Johnny is a criminal, but didn't he track mud in the kitchen when Mrs. Lapham caught him, or something?

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Eric I agree with you what is the life and death room. It may be where you are born and where you go to die.

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Did you hear that Johnny is looking at places like rope makers , soap boilers , and leather dressers at the farther end of Boston. Did you hear about the character Mr.Tweedie. Something went wrong with Johnny when he came. Johnny got offered a job at a printing press. Mrs. Lapham  wants Mr. Tweedie to marry one of her daughters. Did you hear that  Mrs. Lapham thought in her head that Johnny was a potential criminal. Miss. Lyte is dead white so she is probably not a minority.

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What is the Birth and Death room? On page 58 Mr. Lapham says something about the American Revolution is Boston. Johnny finnaly relizes his selfish ways. Johnny should just thank Cilla for the food. Right? Now Johnny is becoming nicer. He got everybody gifts! But I don`t understand his gift to Cilla, a book with pictures of people dying "horribal but prayful deaths." Why would he get someone a book that shows death? But she still loves it. It's nice that Cilla, Johnny, and Isannah are getting along. But I can't belive how rude Isannah is. She screamed at Johnny because of his crippled hand. Cilla slaps her and now nobody is happy.

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First, I'd like to ask a question. In the picture on page 55, is the horse a royal horse? I know that this book has really fancy pictures, but that horse does not have a normal mane. And I like the fact that Chapter 3 includes SO many different places. And does anyone know how many Lapham kids there are? Something I read was about Johnny knowing that Cilla always slips a bit of food into his pocket. Probably because Johnny doesn't eat too much. Some things that are confusing is the amount of characters in " Johnny Tremain", and the thing about Johnny's hand. What is SO bad about Johnny's hand that he has to keep it in his pocket constantly? My guess: Johnny hurt himself when he was working. Some things I dislike about this book is the length of the chapters and the hard-to-pronounce names( e.g. Dorcas). Also, there was a new silversmith named Percival Tweedie.

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I AM ALSO WONDERING WHY THE CUP IS SO IMPORTANT AND WHY JOHNNY WONT SELL IT. It doesn't really say much about it in the book either. I'm hoping it will say it later in the book.

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I wonder why Dove and Dusty are so lazy all the time, and if Dove and Dusty are actually their real names. I also think that Johnny should be helping everybody out more instead of telling them what to do, but he also seems to be working hard on the basin.

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I also think it`s cool that he talked to Paul Revere.

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In fact, I do know that Sabbath Day means Sunday. Background knowledge: a Sabbath is another word for a church. And I need to go to church every Sunday, even though it is THE MOST BORING THING ON THE EARTH!!!!! That is how I know that Sabbath Day is Sunday. :) :)

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I did know Johnny is not satisfied with his work. I did also here that Paul Revere is in the book which is kind of cool.

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I don`t think it`s right that Johnny scolds Mr. Lapham instead of the other way around. I also think it`s cool that Paul Revere is in the book. I don`t understand Revere`s want for Johnny but if he goes to Revere, the kids won`t  be annoyed by Johnny. Now Johnny doesn`t want to leave so I don`t know? The book states he has a "cold dinner". Could the Laphams be poor. Probbly. More evidence that Johnny is a jerk. AND NOW THE OLD MASTER CALLS DOVE STUPID.Dove calls Johnny "Master Johnny".

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Johnny is working very hard to finish the sugar basin. He is doing something against the law by working Sabbath Day. He is also angry at the 4 lapham girls and the blacksmith. Did you know Sabbath Day means Sunday?

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I noticed that Johnny is not satisfied with his work as a silversmith. Apparently, he isn't too good at it. I am interested to see if Johnny gets any better throughout the book. The guy I mentioned(last comment) is actually a really terrible blacksmith. I've also learned that Johnny had a talk with PAUL REVERE!!!! The guy who said "The British are coming!":) :)

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1. Read Chapter 2 and post a comment.
2. Respond to one of your classmate's posts.

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I wonder why Johnny tries to keep his cup a secret. It is also weird why the Lapham sisters mock Johnny. Finally I`m not sure why he keeps his cup secret but I do know why he won`t sell it

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1. Read Chapter 1 and write a comment for that chapter.
2. Read all of your classmates comments and respond to one of your classmates posts.

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I sort of agree with you. I think he is too proud of himself.

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I did not see the part where it said Johnny and Cilla will be married. I must have missed it. I agree and I wonder as well how this will turn out. I disagree with liking Johnny at all. He kind of seems like a jerk. In other words , I do not like Johnny.

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In chapter 1, it is stated that Johnny and Cilla will be married. I wonder how this will turn out. The rest of the Lapham kids don't seem to like him, so I'mguessing not to well. I also like how Johnny is a silversmith. A guy in this show I watch is a blacksmith, and so are his sister and father. Also in a movie I watched, called 'Les Miserables',a priest has a TON of silver, and the main character steals it all. But, he is caught  and is brought to the priest. However, the priest says he gave the main character the silver!

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So far Johnny is a very mean and bossy person. Every one has jobs. I hope Johnny will get to be less bossy. I wonder why Mr. Lapham reads from his bible all the time (not all the but you get what I mean right)? the book is fascinating and very realistic, I hope the other chapters are not as long though.