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Mercy Otis Warren
Mercy Otis Warren (1728-1814) was an American poet, playwright, and activist during the era of the American Revolution (1765-1789). Through her works of political satire, she advocated for the Patriot cause and became acquainted with several...
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History of the Rise, Progress, and Termination of the American Revolution
The Rise, Progress, and Termination of the American Revolution by Mercy Otis Warren, Boston, 1805.
Library of Congress, Washington D.C.
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Mercy Otis Warren
Mercy Otis Warren (1728-1814, American poet, playwright, and political activist during the American Revolution. Oil on canvas portrait by John Singleton Copley, c. 1763.
Museum of Fine Arts, Boston.
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The Arrest of Thomas Morton
Thomas Morton of Merrymount arrested by Captain Myles Standish of the Plymouth Colony.
Image from page 105 of "Ruth of Boston; a story of the Massachusetts Bay colony" by Otis, J. (1910 CE)
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Portrait of James Warren
James Warren, a Massachusetts politician during the American Revolution. Oil on canvas portrait by John Singleton Copley, c. 1763.
Museum of Fine Arts, Boston.
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Sugar Act
The Sugar Act of 1764, also known as the American Revenue Act, was legislation passed by the Parliament of Great Britain on 5 April 1764 to crack down on molasses smuggling in the American colonies and to raise revenue to pay for the colonies'...
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Townshend Acts
The Townshend Acts were a series of acts passed by the Parliament of Great Britain between 1767 and 1768 to tax and regulate the Thirteen Colonies of North America. When the colonists considered the acts an abuse of power and protested them...
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Boston Tea Party
The Boston Tea Party was an act of political protest carried out by American colonists on 16 December 1773, in Boston, Massachusetts. Disguised as Mohawk Native Americans, the colonists dumped 342 crates of tea into Boston Harbor to protest...