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He built a fortified house to protect

from Indian attacks. It is believed that

this was the first permanent house

in Massachusetts. Was elected to one of the

four commissioners by King Charles. He helped

reduce the influence of the Dutch in the

colonies.

Will Motta

Samuel Maverick

This was supposed to be about the 17 year old boy killed at the Boston Massacre by British soldiers. When the bells rang he thought he was responding to a fire...

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King George III ruled Great Britain from October 25, 1760 until his death on January 29, 1820. George raised taxes on American Colonies to pay for major dept. These taxes, along with the Intolerable Acts, ended up causing the Revolutionary War.

Matthew Baker

It is either George III or King George III but not George because he was not your friend.

on the American colonies

dept. is abbreviation for department. I think that you mean debt.

ended up is rather informal

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This law passed by Parliament in 1765 required the colonies to provide barracks to house British soldiers. Locals were to accommodate for soldiers in public places such as ale houses, inns, and stables if the soldiers could not all fit in the barracks. I if there was still not enough room, the colonies must make abandoned houses, outhouses, and barns fit to live in by the British soldiers. Colonists opposed this act because they would rather be asked and give their permission to house the soldiers, rather than be forced to make room for them without their consent.

-Ryan Medeiros

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John Adams served as an important leader in the American Revolution and the Sons of Liberty.

Adams was highly ranked in diplomatic power. He spent in France and Britain representing the American interests.

Sophie Andrews

John Adams served as an important leader during the American Revolution. He was a member of the Sons of Liberty and a high ranking diplomat during the Colonial period. He spent time in France and Britain ...

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Daniel Boone is most famous for settling Kentucky. He was one of the first Americans to settle west of the Appalachians. Although he had some resistance from Native American tribes like the Shawnee, in 1775 he went through the Cumberland gap in the Appalachian Mountains from North Carolina and Tennessee into Kentucky

Bethany Poland

You do not have a period at the end of the last sentence.

The passage is a little confusing because he is famous for settling Kentucky. Then you talk about going through the Cumberland Gap in the Appalachian Mountains.

You should have said that he was a frontiersman who widened an old Indian trail through the Cumberland Mountain region of the Appalachian chain. The Cumberland Gap is known as the Gateway to the West.

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Abigail Adams was born on November 22, 1744 and

she died October 28, 1818. She was the wife of John

Adams And the mother of John Quincy Adams. Abigail

was remembered because of the letters she wrote to

John while he was in Pennsylvania. John Adams had

frequently sought Abigail's advice in many different

situations.

- Connor Venagro

I wanted to know what they did during the period we studied not when they were born.

You did not know her so you should not call her Abigail. Mrs. Adams or Abigail Adams

What was he doing in Pennsylvania?

When was this?

Why do we care?

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Writs of assistance were documents which served as a general search warrant,

allowing customs officials to enter any ship or building that they suspected for

any reason might hold smuggled goods. It proved an immediately useful tool

in the fight against smuggling. James Otis argued that the act of Parliament

authorizing writs of assistance opposed to the british common law. Although

Otis lost his case, courts in some of the other colonies refused to issue general

search warrants.

Samantha Evans

Otis argued that general search warrants were not legal under British Common law.

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Crispus Attucks was an american slave ,

merchant seaman, and a dock worker of the

Wampanoag and African descent. Attucks was born in 1723 and died in 1770.

When he was young he escaped slavery and his master.

During the Boston Masscre, Attucks is known to

be the first person shot dead by the British Soldiers and took two bullets in the chest.

Another thing he was known for was standing up

to the British Soldiers during the American Revolution.

Jillian Zayat

American slave,

You were told not to mention when or where they were born, but to focus on the era we were discussing in class.

Massacre not masscre, he was the first person shot dead by British soldiers when he took two bullets to the chest.

Do not use thing

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The Sons of liberty was an organization of American patriots that was formed before the independace of North American British colonies. The son of Liberty was made to protect the rights of the colonists.

The sons of Liberty were known for the responsibility of the Boston Tea Party in 1773 in the response of the Tea Act.

The Sons of Liberty were the freedom fighters of the colonists.

The sons of Liberty started of as shopkeepers and artisans who called themselves "The Loyal Nine."

The founders of the Sons of Liberty was John Hancock and Samuel Adams.

Didier Ferland-Haroun

of should not be capitalized in the title

independence

Sons of Liberty

were John Hancock

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Mercy Otis Warren wrote plays, poems,

and other writings that supported idependence.

Her ideas and writings convinced many people in

Massachusetts to become Patriots.

She strongly believed that women could have more rights

if colonies had their independence.

Mercy Otis Warren said Britain's laws and taxes were unfair

and families in the colonies couldn't pay for expensive British goods.

She also said that Britain was too far away to understand the colonists'

rights and goods.

Julia Lotti

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THe Cumberland Gap had been named

for Prince William, Duke of Cumberland,

who had many places named after him

in the American colonies.  Daniel Boone

arrived at this ragion with a company of

men to widen the path.  By the 1790s,

Daniel Booneand his men had widened a

path big enough for a wagon to fir through.

This path was on its way to becoming a
successful path.

Charles Pisaturo

I assume one of the reasons it was called the Cumberland Gap is because it is in the Cumberland Mountains.

I was more concerned with Daniel Boone as he is mentioned in our textbook.

I would leave out the first sentence.

ragion should be region

Eliminate the last sentence

It should have gone more like this...

The Cumberland Gap is a pass through the Cumberland Mountain region of the Appalachian Mountain chain. This pass, originally an Indian trail, was widened by a group of men working with Daniel Boone....

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A act that was issued by British government officials to prohibit settlement by British colonists beyond the Appalachian Mountains. It ordered the colonists that had already been settled near the Ohio Valley, and beyond, to leave their homes and move back east. There was two main reason for the British to pass the act. The first was to avoid the expense of further wars with the Native Americans that were already settled there. Britain wasnt showing affection to the tribes, but only avoiding more expensive wars, the required many  paided soldiers that they didnt have.  Another reason for passing this act, was to concentrate colonial settlements on th coast where they could be part of British mercantile system. Their plan was to populate all the land east, near the ocean.

~Aria Pegg

wasn't

paid

didn't

on the coast

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Charles Townshend was born on August 29th, 1725. He marticulated at Leiden University on October 27th, 1745. He represented Great Yartmouth in Parliament from 1747-1756 when he found a seat for the admiralty borough of Saltash. Sadle Charles died on September 4th, 1767 at the age of 42.

-Matt Siravo

matriculated not marticulated

founded a seat

Sadle?

The was to write about this person in the period that we are discussing in class.

You were told to leave out date of birth and parents... You tell me nothing about the Townshend Acts.

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The Townshend Acts were a series of acts that were passed in 1767 by parliament of Great Britain relating to the British colonies in North America. These acts imposed duties on items such as glass, paper, lead, paints, and tea. The Townshend Acts were named after Charles Townshend who introduced these acts.

Megan Kenneally

Parliament

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Paul Revere joined the secret anti-British organization called The Sons of Liberty and participated in the Boston Tea Party. His midnight ride from Charlestown to Lexington on the 18th-19th of April 1775 was to give warning that the British were coming.

- Alice Izyumoff

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George Grenville rose to the position of the prime

minister of Great Britain. His government was trying

to bring public spending under control and pursued

a foreign policy. One of his best policy's was the Stamp

Act. Which was a tax in Great Britain that the colonies

in America had to pay.

Sophia Hanley

All governments pursue a foreign policy. What did he do in the area of foreign policy?

The sentences are very choppy.

Did the colonies pay the taxes or did the colonists?

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A war between several Native American tribes and the English.

Pontiac was very angry with the settlers coming west onto their lands.

It did not last very long, the French could not help them because they signed the Treaty Of Paris, ending french power in North America. Tribes just stopped fighting and returned home.

Aislinn Hanley

The first sentence needs work. You can't just jump in with a war...

Chief Pontiac was very angry about the number of English settlers moving west of the Appalachian Mountains

of Paris

French power

This is disjointed and difficult to understand.

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Was passed by Parliament in 1765. The new tax imposed on all American colonists and required them to pay a tax on every piece of printed paper they used. This included things such as ship's papers, legal documents, licenses, newspapers, and other publications. The money collected by the act was used to help pay the costs of defending and protecting the American frontier near the Appalachian Mountains.

Nicholas Thet

Was passed by Parliament in 1765 is not a complete sentence.

The new tax was imposed on all American colonists.

The money collected was used to help pay the cost of defending or protecting do not use both.

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This law passed by Parliament in 1765 required the colonies to provide barracks to house British soldiers. Locals were to accommodate for soldiers in public places such as ale houses, inns, and stables if the soldiers could not all fit in the barracks. I if there was still not enough room, the colonies must make abandoned houses, outhouses, and barns fit to live in by the British soldiers. Colonists opposed this act because they would rather be asked and give their permission to house the soldiers, rather than be forced to make room for them without their consent.

-Ryan Medeiros

to accommodate soldiers.

Required the colonies. It should be the colonial governments or legislatures must make room in alehouses...

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James Otis was the person that made the catchphrase "Taxation without representation is tyranny." He also was an early advocate of the American Revolution. Otis also argued against the Writs of assistance.

-Attilio Cardona

I think it would have been better to explain who Otis was. For instance, James Otis was lawyer in colonial Massachusetts best remembered for .....

writs of assistance - you should explain what they are.

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The Stamp Act Congress, also known as the First Continental Congress, was a meeting held between the dates of October 7th and October 25th, 1765 in New York City. It was the first gathering of important representatives from twelve of the thirteen American colonies to create a unified protest against new British taxation .The Congress met in the building now known as Federal Hall, and was held at a time of widespread protests in the colonies, some of which were violent, against the Stamp Act (hence the name of the congress). A few important figures who attended were Samuel and John Adams, Patrick Henry, and George Washington.

- Dean Grupposo

Also known as the First Congress not First Continental Congress. The First Continental Congress was held in Philadelphia

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Samuel Adams was born on September 27, 1722 in Boston Massachusetts.

He was son of a merchant and brewer.

Samuel signed the Declaration of Independence.

In 1765 he was elected to the Massachusetts Assembly.

Adams retired from the Congress in 1781 and returned to Massachusetts to become a leading member of that state's convention to form a constitution.

He died in the morning of October 2, 1803, in his home town of Boston.

-Brad Thies

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Hutchinson was very orderly with his colleagues,even attending the Albany Congress of 1754. In his later years he instigated the repugnant Stamp Act of 1765. In 1770 he was governor during the time of the Boston Massacre.

By: Aditya Kini

What do you mean by Hutchinson was very orderly with his colleagues?

What does repugnant mean?

The last sentence should be more like this... He was governor of Massachusetts during the Boston Massacre.

What about the Tea Act?

What about his insistence to unload the tea in Boston?

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Patrick Henry was an american attorney

and was also a founding father. He led the opposition

of the Stamp Act of 1765, and is remembered

for his "give me liberty or give me death" speech.

Henry introduced the Virginia Stamp Act resolutions which

had language so difficult that some Virginians said it "smacked of treason." Henry led the Virginia House of Burgesses to adopt resolutions for the committee of correspondence.

-Kaileigh Hunsinger

Patrick Henry was an American attorney who led opposition to the Stamp Act of 1765. He is most remembered for his "Give Me Liberty or Give me Death" speech during the Virginia Convention in 1775....

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Passed on April 5, 1764, the Sugar Act raised taxes that the colonists had to pay

Also known as the American Revenue Act or the American Duties Act

Sugar, wine, and other items were taxed to

raise money to pay for defending, protecting, and securing the colonies

Colonists were angered by this act because they were losing more money to Britain

The colonists united and boycotted against

Britain by refusing to buy their goods

Carrie Minassian

This is supposed to be sentences.