She should not be known as the wife of one president, (John Adams), and the mother of another ,(John Quincy Adams), but as a woman ahead of her time. ... She also met people like John Jay and Martha Washington. ... She was a woman that many people respected even John Adams. ... Although she lead life was an ordinary woman, she had many ideas and most of them heard, but it did not take effect for a long time. ... She should not be only known for being the wife of John Adams and the mother of John Quincy Adams, but as a woman ahead of her time. ...

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• Grade Level: High School

Such acts as the Quartering Act of 1765 and Stamp Act of 1765 where the real uproar of the colonist was heard followed. ... The British now targeted the two people that had begun the revolution, Samuel Adams and John Hancock. ... While John Hancock, who was a smuggler in Boston represented the rich, who opposed the British because of the annoying taxation. ... It followed the natural rights tenets of the British philosopher John Locke, whose writings had justified independence as the will of the people and revolution as a device for bringing happiness. ...

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As militiamen saw the incoming British soldiers, they started to disperse, someone made a shot and a firefight started, as later it was called, "The Shot That Was Heard Around The World". ... After about five minutes of firefight, Major John Pitcairn, who was commanding the British soldiers, started to move back to Boston with his troops. ... People like Thomas Jefferson, Philip Livingston, John, Hancock and Benjamin Franklin. ...

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• Grade Level: High School

It was the last chance they had to ensure their stance and the last gathering before the shoot that was heard around the world was set up. ... The Red Coats were heading to Lexington to, "capture Colonial leaders Sam Adams and John Hancock, then CONCORD, where they would seize gunpowder. " (Greene). The Road Coats were on a mission and the Minuteman foiled their plans, they got anger and would shoot off and become known as the shot heard round the world (American Rev. ...

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"Oh, say can you see by the dawn's early light..." These words from "The Star Spangled Banner" are familiar to nearly every American, but the war that gave rise to them is often-times forgotten. The song was written during the War of 1812; often referred to as the Second War of Independence. It's al...

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• Has Bibliography
• Grade Level: High School