Boston Patriots in the Colonial Era

Boston Patriots in the Colonial Era

Boston, Massachusetts Patriots

Boston Patriots spearheaded resistance against British taxation through political organizing and public protests. Groups like the Sons of Liberty and the Committees of Correspondence unified colonial opposition, organizing major actions such as the Boston Tea Party. Their ideological leadership and revolutionary mobilization transformed Boston into the political engine of the American Revolution.

People

Birth Death Origin Age (Death)
1722
1725
1728
1734
1737
1741

Timeline

Category
Element
Year Boston, Massachusetts Patriots
1722
Birth of Samuel Adams (Period: September 27, 1722, Location: Present-day Boston, Massachusetts, United States)
1725
Birth of James Otis Jr. (Period: February 5, 1725, Location: Barnstable, Massachusetts, United States (West Barnstable area))
1728
Birth of Mercy Otis Warren (Period: September 14, 1728 (September 25, 1728 New Style), Location: Present-day Barnstable, Massachusetts, United States)
1734
Birth of Paul Revere (Period: January 1, 1735, Location: Boston, Massachusetts, Present-day United States)
1737
Birth of John Hancock (Period: January 23, 1737, Location: Braintree, Massachusetts, Present-day United States (present-day Quincy area))
1741
Birth of Joseph Warren (Period: June 11, 1741, Location: Roxbury, Boston, Massachusetts, United States)
1749
Marriage (Samuel Adams, Elizabeth Checkley)
Marriage (Samuel Adams, Elizabeth Checkley Adams)
1754
Marriage (Mercy Otis Warren, James Warren)
1755
Marriage (James Otis Jr., Ruth Cunningham)
1757
Marriage (Paul Revere, Sarah Orne)
Marriage (Paul Revere, Sarah Orne Revere)
1761
Writs of Assistance Case
1764
Marriage (Samuel Adams, Elizabeth Wells)
Marriage (Samuel Adams, Elizabeth Wells Adams)
Marriage (Joseph Warren, Elizabeth Hooten)
1765
Stamp Act Congress
Stamp Act Crisis
1768
Liberty Affair
Massachusetts Circular Letter Controversy
1769
Boston Riots
1770
1772
Establishment of the Committees of Correspondence
Formation of the Committees of Correspondence
Publication of "The Adulateur"
Support for the Formation of Committees of Correspondence
1773
Marriage (Paul Revere, Rachel Walker)
Marriage (Paul Revere, Rachel Walker Revere)
1774
Participation in the Continental Congress
Suffolk Resolves
1775
Battles of Lexington and Concord
Massachusetts Campaign
Pursuit on the Eve of the Battles of Lexington and Concord
Midnight Ride
Signal of the Old North Church
Paul Revere’s Midnight Ride
Death of Joseph Warren
Battle of Bunker Hill
Marriage (John Hancock, Dorothy Quincy)
Marriage (John Hancock, Dorothy Quincy Hancock)
1776
Signing of the United States Declaration of Independence
1783
Death of James Otis Jr.
1787
United States Constitution Ratification Debates
1788
Publication of "Observations on the New Constitution"
1793
Death of John Hancock
1797
1803
Death of Samuel Adams
1805
Publication of "History of the Rise, Progress, and Termination of the American Revolution"
1812
1814
1818
Death of Paul Revere
Unknown
Engagement with Nonpartisan Intellectual Networks (Period: Late 18th century, Location: )

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