Paul Revere by Alexander Williams

He was an American silversmith and engraver. He was born on ¨January 1, 1735,  in North End, MA¨. He had 13 children and he had 7 siblings. He rode on a horse named midnight from Boston to Concord to warn people of Boston that the British were coming. He went to the middle to town to warn them that the British were coming. he sadly Died on ¨May 10, 1818, in Boston and he was Buried Granary Burying Ground, MA¨.

$1 Million dollars in todays money wasted...the Boston Tea Party - by Keon Henderson

Boston. 1773. American colonists didn’t buy from (boycotted) the British because of the Townshend taxes. Later, they were upset because of taxes on tea."The British Parliament's Tea Act of 1773, a bill designed to save the faltering East India Company by greatly lowering its tea tax and granting it a virtual monopoly on the American tea trade".

On December 16, 1773, a person named Samuel Adams, a leader of the Boston Sons of Liberty, organized a group of men to disguise themselves as Mohawk Indians and took the tea and dumped it into the harbor.  All the tea dumped into the harbor was worth 1 million dollars in today’s money! The Tea Party created more tension with the British.

British Troops Marching to Boston, by Kenny T.

Boston, 1768. Boston was a colony of England. There were 1,000 British troops out of the 15,000 Bostonians. The reason why they sent British troops to Boston was to help maintain order.When the British troops arrived in Boston they had no where to settle so they would go to different people's houses and request them to let them quarter there. Luckily for some of the British troops, some of the people let them quarter in their homes. But some British troops were unlucky because of the people refusing their request and the troops that got rejected from quartering in the people's homes, and had to set up camp and sleep in tents.

Quartering Act, By Breanna W.

Being A Slave In Your Own Home 

Imagine owning your own house in 1765? Then a whole bunch of soldiers just roam by on your street. Then later to just walk right through the front of YOUR door & CLAIM YOUR HOME! They're not welcomed at all. You're just very confused and unaware. But, then, they tell you that you must act as a slave to them in your home. You clean up after them, (anything that they messed up in your house you have to clean), wash their clothes, feed them (the food you brought in your house and paid for they are eating), etc. Take care of them like it's your own child. You're responsible for these soldiers (strangers)! But, you also don't even get reimbursed for the time and money spent to take care of strangers you don't even know! Well that was the act/law that was passed in 1765 . This act was known as the Quartering Act, which allowed the British soldiers to take over the colonist's homes. This caused conflict between the British and the colonists.

 

Geneva Ave, Dorchester, by Diogo Brandao

Geneva Ave, Dorchester

Boston is a city with a surprising history, its biggest neighborhood
in Dorchester, where I live is in Geneva Ave.

From where I live, you can take the purple line as you can see in
the picture, there's also two schools called, UP Academy Holland,
and Dorchester head start ,and you could walk to multiple markets
and school. I'm not saying it's a fun place to hangout and it's that bad
either but it has good transportation to other good places. 

Enslaved African American Pioneer finally free

  
First Person Of Color Freed In  Massachusettes

Elizabeth Freeman aka "Mumbet" the very first enslaved African American woman who fought for her freedom using the law as a card to pull on the government to get her freedom. Which favored in Elizabeth due to the inconsistency in the 1970 Massachusettes state constitution.  (Brom and Bett v. Ashley (1781), was cited in the Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court appellate review of Quock Walker's freedom suit. When the court upheld Walker's freedom under the state's constitution, the ruling was considered to have implicitly ended slavery in Massachusetts." She did not only set as a role model to the other enslaved slaves during that time to get the motivation started to get other slaves free using a technique to sue against the government using their own law against them. 

Banishment of Native Americans for 300 years, by Gustavo & skyler

Wampanoag tribe paddle a dugout canoe

People know that King Philip's war is the most bloodiest war by per capita but did you know that Boston ban native american for 300 years? In the beginning of King Philip war after the Wampanoag tribe raid in Swansee, Massachusetts and it spread across Massachusetts. Legislation came at the height of King Philip's war and decided that Indians are banned in Boston and wasn't repealed until 2005 by former Mayor Menino. When the constitution was created in 1787, no one had stepped up to repeal this act till 1996 after working with the city to protect the Indians burial ground in Boston Harbor island.

King Philips War - Jazmarie, David, Ahnest.

 In 1675-78 there was a war between the Native American's vs the English settlers. There was two names of the war one called the King Philips War , the other name called "Great Narragansett War". This war was one of the dangerous conflict in Boston's history. King Philips war was also known as a civil war because , it was a fight between members of the same society. This war was caused because King Philip had became in power due to the death of his brother Alexander , but the bigger picture was the English were trying to expand on to the Native American's property, and the Wampanoag didn't like the fact that they're trying to take over.

What happened after King Philip's war?

By: Kenny Tran
What happened after the war was that some of King Philip's supporters escaped to Canada and some of them surrendered and were shipped off as slaves to the west indies. ¨This war was extremely costly to the colonists of southern New England and which ended the Native American dominance in the region.¨ (from History- King Philip´s War ends) After the war some of the native Americans were sent to Deer Island as slaves and had to deal with the freezing cold and many of the native Americans died due to becoming sick.

Barbaric Acts Of 1678, by Bre and Kim

          ~Indigenous InhabitantsWar~

                                            (A.K.A. "King Phillip's War, 1675-1678)

                                                          

To start with...who was "King Phillip"/Metacomet? Metacomet was a guy who was called "King Phillip" by the English colonists, and helped lead the different tribes of the Wamponong nation. Specifically, he led some allies of the Wamponoag tribe to safety during the King Phillp's War. That war, which took place between 1675-1678, involved the Colonist  and the Natives. This led to a long history of the Colonists degrading the natives for years!  Years of torment & being forced off land. But yet, the natives didn't surrender under pressure.  The colonists' demands and constant  insatiable greed for power is what caused the war.  There was a history of the Colonists taking over running the Indian/natives out of their land, in and around Boston. Making it seem like the colonist was in control the whole time the natives stayed silent . When really it wasn't that way at all... the Wampanoags and other tribes tried to make peace with the colonists until they were pushed too far. 

by: Bre & KIM 

Metacomet by Michael Wuschke

Metacomet, also known as King Philip, was the chief of the Wampanoag tribe who helped lead his tribe and their allies in the fight against the Colonists in a war known as King Philip's War. He was the son of Massassoit, who was the Wampanoag chief that helped the Pilgrims during their first year in Massachusetts in 1621, and the younger brother of Wamsutta, also known as, Alexander, who became the Wampanoag chief in 1660.

Metacomet signing a treaty

After the death of his brother in 1662, Metacomet became the new chief of the Wampanoag tribe. During his reign, Metacomet began to sell off most of his tribe's land, presumably following the orders of the Colonists. When it was revealed that Metacomet and his tribe were planning a war against the Colonists, he was forced to sign a peace treaty demanding that he surrendered his weapons to the Colonists, but he refused. When the news spread around the Colonies that an Indian Colonist was murdered, many Colonists believed that Metacomet ordered the death of the Indian Colonist because he was supplying them with information about the Native Americans and their activities, though he denied these accusations.

The death of Metacomet

Nevetheless, these events would later spark a bloody and violent conflict between the Indians and the Colonists that would last for two years and would not see a definitive end until the death of Metacomet when he was murdered by Indian soldiers loyal to the Colonists a year later in 1676.

Exploration of Dorchester by Gustavo

(James Blake house)

Three facts about Dorchester: Mayor Walsh was born in Dorchester, the oldest surviving house is in Dorchester and it's call James Blake house. Dorchester is the largest neighborhood in Doston.

Do you  love chocolate? Did you ever know where it was introduced in the United States? It was from Boston, and the factory where it was called “Walter Baker Chocolate Factory” and it was in Dorchester. In addition to the chocolate factory, there’re also wonderful histories and presents events like the current Mayor Walsh was born in Dorchester, and the Dorchester Parade celebrating the neighborhood and pride of it and the oldest surviving house in Boston the “James Blake house “. You can’t ever forget the golf course next to the famous “Franklin Park Zoo” which has over 1000 animals in the zoo. Dorchester is the most diverse place in Boston such as Hispanic, Asian, Irish,  and African American culture.