Paul Revere was born in Boston’s North End, Massachusetts. His father’s name was Apollos Rivoire and his mother’s name was Deborah Hichborn. Paul Revere’s dad was a silversmith. As a young child, Paul Revere attended the North Writing School and learned how to read and write. At the age of thirteen, he graduated from North Writing School and started showing interest in his father’s occupation. When Paul become an expert at being a silversmith his father had retired. With the help of his mother, Paul ran the Revere Family Silver Shop. Revere was responsible for the workmanship and quality of the metal alloy used. After his father had died he married Sarah Orne and fathered eight children. Soon, Paul began to experiment with engravings on copper,
Paul Revere’s great ride through the night to save the americans from the huge british force was a big piece of American history during that time. Many have written about Paul Revere but longfellow doesn't tell the whole story. Longfellow's poem doesn't tell the whole story but Paul’s letter does.
The book began with Paul Revere’s America. Paul Revere’s real name was Apollos Riviore. Paul Reveres name was later changed because of it being too hard to pronounce. He was born on the small island of Guernsey in the English channels but at age 12, he sailed to Boston on November 15, 1715. By 1722, he was a goldsmith in Boston. In 1729, Paul Revere married a named Deborah Hitchborn. He worked as an artisan and a silversmith. During this time, he was known to have amazing skills in both jobs. One of Paul Revere’s best designs was his print of the Boston Massacre in 1770. It helped to create an image of British tyranny and American virtue that still shapes memory of the massacre.
Bedford Jr. was born in Philadelphia in 1747 where he was raised. “The fifth of seven children, he was descended from a distinguished family that originally settled in Jamestown, VA.” ( A Biography of Gunning Bedford, Jr. 1747-1812). Bedford Jr. moved off and attended the University of New Jersey later known as
Government is a controversial topic. Both Paul Revere and Thomas Paine foretells the pros and cons of the existing government system. Paul Revere portrays his opinion on government with an artwork of the Boston Massacre, “The Bloody Massacre in King Street,” stating that government is bad and negative to exist. Thomas Paine, on the other hand, portrays his opinion with a pamphlet, stating that the government is a necessity, but could also be altered for the well-being of the society. These two documents, although discrete, reveals their own separate opinions on government systems.
James Monroe was born on April 28,1758 in Westmoreland County, Virginia, at this time Virginia was a British colony. He was the oldest son of five children, one sister and three brothers. They were the children of Elizabeth Jones Monroe and Spence Monroe. Spence Monroe was a farmer and a carpenter. When James was eleven he started to attend Campbelltown Academy. In 1774 when James Monroe was sixteen Spence Monroe died and James was left to manage the family property. James Monroe attended the college of William and Mary in Williamsburg the July after his father died.
John Hancock was born on January 23, 1727 in Braintree, Mass. He is the son of John Hancock and Mary Hawke. John Hancock (father) was a Harvard graduate and minister. They lived in a part of town which eventually became the city known as Quincy, Mass. where John Hancock became the childhood friend of John Adams. In 1742, Hancock’s father died and he was adopted by his uncle, Thomas Hancock. Thomas Hancock lived in Hancock Manor in Boston where he had no children and he was a successful privateer and a merchant. John enrolled in Harvard University, received a bachelors degree, after graduating form Boston Latin School in 1750. After graduating from Harvard he worked for his uncle and he was trained for eventually partnership. From 1760 to 1761, he lived in England. He was building relationship with customers and suppliers of his uncle’s shipbuilding business. In January 1763, Thomas Hancock made John his full partner of his business. Since his uncle was sick, he took over the business. A year later, in August, Thomas Hancock dies of illness. He took full control of the business and became one of the wealthiest in America. At first John Hancock did well. His ship sailed across the Atlantic Ocean with good for the people of London. His ships sailed back with god to sell the colonies. Many colonies needed and bought the goods made in England, the mother country. John Hancock made a lot of money. He was generous, too. He gave food and firewood to the poor in the winter. He also gave a lot of money to the churches of Boston. Many people liked John Hancock because he was a kind man. (Lee, 3-11)
Born in March 15, 1767: “A child of the backwoods, he was left an orphan at 14. His
Thomas Jefferson was born on April 13,1743 in Shadwell, Virginia. He was born into a family that had status, wealth, and tradition of public service. Jefferson was the third child in the family and grew up with six sisters and one brother. Thomas Jefferson was well educated; he attended private schools and at the age of seventeen he attended the College of William and Mary. Thomas Jefferson was interested in being a scientist, after learning that there was no opportunity for a career in science in Virginia he then studied law. In 1767, Thomas Jefferson was admitted to the bar in 1769, when Jefferson public career started he already owned more than twenty-five hundred acres that he inherited from his father who died in 1757. After marring his wife Martha Wayles Skelton whom was a young widow his property doubled. After the death of Martha’s parents, his property doubled again.
Robert E. Lee was a general during the civil war and was born in Stratford, Virginia in 1807. His father was a revolutionary war general Henry Lee. He graduated from the military academy at west point in 1829. He ranked second in his class. He was commissioned as a second lieutenant in engineers. He became war general for the confederate army in 1861.
Nathanael Greene was born July 27, 1742. He was born in his family's homestead in the village of Potowomut, Rhode Island. He had five brothers and he was the second of them. His mother was Mary Mott Greene. His father was married to two women and Nathanaels' mom was the second of his dads' wives. His dads' name was Nathanael Greene Sr., and had many children with his first wife. For people like Nathanael it was rough living in Great Britain in the 18th century, especially for his parents having to pay for all their kids. Nathanael Greene, which was the man that saved the Revolutionary War, was one of the main men who defeated King Georges' army. His face was later studied by King George III because Nathanael Greene was one of the main people
Benedict Arnold was born on January 14. 1741, in Norwich, Connecticut. At the young age of thirteen, he was apprenticed to an apothecary. He was briefly part of the Connecticut and New York militias during the French and Indian War. He, however, never took part in any military actions at the time. After the war was over, he continued to work as an apothecary and as a book seller. He was also a smuggler of both sugar and rum.
The notion that Thomas Jefferson had a revelation in 1819 and suddenly subscribed to the idea of “dissemination” is utterly false. Regardless, this belief is as widespread as it is erroneous. The few laymen who are aware that there was a revolution in Haiti and have made the connection between the insurrection and the Louisiana Purchase fail to realize the underlying motives of Thomas Jefferson. Historians too have been blind to the nuanced indicators that prove Jefferson’s true motives behind his Haitian, Louisiana Territory, and slave trade policies. They uniformly insist that his support for diffusion began nearly thirty years after it actually did. Thomas Jefferson’s conviction that slavery could only be ended with the employment of dissemination can be traced back to the 1790’s by a careful reexamination of his policies as president. The compilation of Jefferson’s exerted influence in Haiti, his purchase of the Louisiana territory, and his discrete avocation for the extension of slavery clearly indicate that he was attempting to end slavery by diffusion as early as 1801.
Paul Revere was born in Boston’s North End, in December 1734. His dad name was Apollos Rivoire and his mom’s name was Deborah Hitchborn. His father was a silversmith who came to America as an escapee from religious imprisonment in France. He went the North Writing School when he was 7 and 13 because his dad planned on him to keep the tradition of silversmith trade going. For most lower and middle class children, education started from Dame schools where children studied until eight years old. In school the focus was more on discipline and religion than on education. Revere Sr. wanted his son to follow his steps, but to become a silversmith and to run the store Paul had to learn reading, writing, and math. So he was enrolled into the North Writing School, which was the biggest and the best public school in Boston. To be accepted a student had to know basic reading skills and agree to pay a part of the heating bill. The salaries of principal and teacher were paid by the govt. This let kids like Paul Revere have an opportunity to get a high quality education to succeed in the professions. By thirteen years old, Paul had graduated from the North Writing and started showing interest on learning his father's career; who taught him the secrets of his craft. Paul was becoming a master silversmith in no time. In 1754 when Paul was nineteen, his father died and he took over the family business. To help his family Paul had to be smart, he put his knowledge in to making surgical instruments, engraved printing copper plates, sold glasses and replacing missing teeth.
“The end of life is not to be happy, nor to achieve pleasure and avoid pain, but to do the will of God, come what may.”(Raushenbush)
On October 14, 1644 William Penn was born in London, England to Sir William Penn, an Admiral, and Margaret Penn, the daughter of Irish parents. Sir William Penn was a well-regarded member of the Royal Navy who was placed with the decision of nurturing his family or returning to war. As most Englishmen did, Sir William Penn chose war, due to the primary fact that his father believed his biggest priority was to provide for the whole family. Sir William Penn was preoccupied during the first two years of his son’s life and developed smallpox, permanently losing most of his hair, leading him to wear a wig for the rest of his life (William Penn Was Born). The absence of his father in William’s early childhood took a toll on the rest of his life.