History
During the night of April 19, 1775, the British soldiers under General Gage would go and capture gunpowder supplies in Concord and capture Colonial leaders in Lexington. However, spies leaked the general's plans and riders such as Paul Revere and William Dawes went to tell the colonists that
American History
The Boston Tea Party was a raid on tea-bearing ships that happened in 1773. This event was perpetrated by the Sons of Liberty against the East India Company because of the rising tea taxes implemented by the British. This was another event that contributed to the initiation of the Revolutionary
American History
On the evening of March the 5th, 1770, British soldiers fired on a mob, killing five colonists and wounding six. But why was this act perpetrated, and what happened to the murderers? Private Hugh White was the only soldier guarding the King's money in the custom house in
American History
The Sons of Liberty was an organization in the 13 colonies dedicated to fighting the Stamp Act through violence or print. This organization started in the summer of 1765, when a group of shopkeepers and artisans in Boston prepared themselves for an uprising against the stamp act. The reason for
European History
Julius Caesar was the first-ever emperor of Rome. He wanted to become powerful so that he could end poverty created by the government. He started a campaign portraying himself as a savior and a king destroying poverty. When the senators and governors saw that he was trying to gain power,
History
The inaptly named French and Indian war was fought in North America by the French and their Indian allies against the English and their Indian allies. This war started when the French and the English fought for land in the Ohio River valley. However, this was a theater of the
History
King Philip's war was one of the most important events in the Colonial period. It was the most destructive war in American history relative to the size of the population. This war started when the American Indians became dependent on English goods and started selling their lands to
History
The Salem Witch trials was an event that happened in the town of Salem, Massachusetts. Many people were accused of being witches and executed with no evidence to show for it. This witch scare started when Tituba, an African (or American Indian, no one really knows) started telling her master&
Ancient History
Romans were a very superstitious people who invented deities for all the things in the world such as bathrooms, doors, curtains, suffering, depression, etc. Deities Deities were used to make sense of bad luck, or of bad "omens". Whenever someone did something to get the anger of the
History
Cultivating tobacco and sugar was backbreaking work, and the English landowners wouldn't do it themselves, so they got other people to work for them. Indentured Servants Indentured servants were people from England who would try their luck in America. For passage over the Atlantic Ocean, seeds, and sometimes
American History
Three of the first thirteen colonies were the Southern Colonies. These were North and South Carolina and Georgia. North and South Carolina were originally one colony, and colonists from America and England flocked to its warm climate with hopes of growing sugar cane and exporting products like wine and olive
History
William Penn was a Quaker from England who thought that religion didn't need an established church, but is best described as a personal relationship with God. He had an idea for a society where that would be acceptable. When Penn's father died, he inherited a large