All posts tagged "Thomas Hutchinson"
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9.0KMassachusettsThe Boston Massacre: John Adams Saves a Soldier’s Life
On March 5, 1770, Matthew Kilroy shot Samuel Gray to death during the Boston Massacre. Kilroy had fought with Gray earlier, and...
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11.3K9Politics and MilitaryNewport Stamp Act Riot, Following the Pattern, Sends Loyalists Packing
Prominent Rhode Island politician Martin Howard might have thought twice about publicly supporting the Stamp Act of 1765. It was the British government’s...
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5.7K2MassachusettsThomas Hutchinson Tries To Get His Son a Job
Massachusetts’ former colonial Gov. Thomas Hutchinson lived in unhappy exile in England while the American Revolution raged in his native land. He’d...
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16.4K25MassachusettsThe Battles of Lexington and Concord, By John Rowe
Boston merchant John Rowe knew everyone involved in the run-up to the American Revolution, and he quickly learned about the Battles of...
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