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  2. Patriots' Day - Wikipedia

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    Patriots' Grave in the Old Burying Ground cemetery, Arlington, Massachusetts Patriots' Day (Patriot's Day in Maine) [1] is an annual event, formalized as a legal holiday or a special observance day in six U.S. states, commemorating the battles of Lexington, Concord, and Menotomy, the inaugural battles of the American Revolutionary War.

  3. Lexington Alarm - Wikipedia

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    Hy Hintermeister (either John Henry or his son Henry), Revere arousing Hancock and Adams. At about 10:00 p.m., the night of April 18, 1775, Joseph Warren asked Paul Revere to contact John Hancock and Samuel Adams in Lexington about the movement of British troops. Warren and Hancock were members of the Committee of safety and Revere had been ...

  4. Loyal Nine - Wikipedia

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    John Smith, brazier; George Trott, jeweller; Samuel Adams, who is often credited with founding the Sons of Liberty, was not a member of the Loyal Nine, but often met with them. [1] Several other men are thought to have been involved with the group at one time or another: John Adams, lawyer [5] Chase Avery, distiller [5] Benjamin Church, medical ...

  5. Massachusetts Provincial Congress - Wikipedia

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    The Massachusetts Provincial Congress (1774–1780) was a provisional government created in the Province of Massachusetts Bay early in the American Revolution.Based on the terms of the colonial charter, it exercised de facto control over the rebellious portions of the province, and after the British withdrawal from Boston in March 1776, the entire province.

  6. Dedham, Massachusetts in the American Revolution - Wikipedia

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    to King George III by pro curing the repeal of the Stamp Act 18th March 1766 [4] And on its west face: The Pillar of Liberty Erected by the Sons of Liberty in this Vicinity Laus DEO REGI et Immunitat m autoribusq. maxine Patrono Pitt, qui Rempub. rurfum evulfit Faucibus Orci. [Praise to God, the King, and the exceptional work of Pitt, the great-

  7. Staten Island Peace Conference - Wikipedia

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    John Adams did not believe that the conference would succeed. The house of Christopher Billop , on Staten Island, was selected to be the meeting place. It had been occupied by British troops for use as a barracks and was in filthy condition, but one room was cleaned and prepared for the meeting. [ 16 ]

  8. Hanna's town resolves - Wikipedia

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    On May 16, 1775, settlers in the far west of Pennsylvania, along with Arthur St. Clair (The Penn government’s local representative) gathered at the tavern, which was also serving as the courthouse, in Hanna's Town (or Hannastown near present-day Greensburg, Pennsylvania) and affixed their names to the Hanna's Town Resolves agreeing to bind themselves together and to take up arms if necessary ...

  9. Minor American Revolution holidays - Wikipedia

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    Yorktown Day is a holiday celebrated in Yorktown, Virginia, United States annually on October 19. The holiday celebrates the surrender of the British forces on that date in 1781, ending the Battle of Yorktown and forcing Britain to negotiate the end of the American Revolutionary War .