revolution q's

1) What rebel leaders does Paul Revere ride at midnight to warn?
The British were going to march.

2) In detail, describe how the battle of Concord looked?
In a field in Lexington. Colonist waited in the field for the British and was told not to fire. They were in a malisha line. Someone fired a shot and it started the war. 8 colonists were dead and only one British were wounded. Then the colonist marched to the Concord and the British fired a warning shot and then started firing, the real battle started on the march back to Boston, it was a bloody battle, there was a lot of house to house fighting, it was a brawl. 73 of the colonist died.

3) Why was the Revolutionary War the most important event in U.S. History?
It legally created the nation and infused into our culture our beliefs. It was the war that created our independence.

4) How many cities over 10,000 where there in America at the time of the Revolution? 4

5) Describe the country before the Revolutionary War? Why might not we, in the 21st century, recognize it?
Only two and a half people, only four cities, there were lots of trees and lumbar, land was available and cheap, wealth was the way to get up the social ladder. Slaves where a pat of the shipping industry.

6) Why was James Otis important?
He imposed taxes; his writing was the inspiration, and closest thing they had to a revolutionary.

7) What was Samuel Adams known for?
He organized a political group called the son’s of liberty.

8) Describe the Patriotic Leaders.
They were Nobel idealist and they had self-interest and would do whatever to get what they want.
9) What percent of the population, according to John Adams, wanted liberty?
One third wanted it.
10) Discuss how the events of the Boston Massacre and the Boston Tea Party lead to the Revolutionary War.
In the Boston Massacre the colonist were taunting British soldiers and it turned into hostilities, more colonists began coming to the scene and some rang church bells, which normally signals a fire. Trying to calm the crowed down made things worse and people started firing guns that lead to several wounded and five dead.
The British taxes tea for a lot, the colonist didn’t like that so they disguise themselves as natives and dumped the tea into the Boston Harbor, because they ships from England wouldn’t leave.