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Tea Act
The Tea Act was an Act of the Parliament of Great Britain. The principal objective was to reduce the massive amount of tea held by the financially troubled British East India Company in its London warehouses and to help the struggling company survive. -
Silversmith
Johnny is The Apprentice of Silversmith Ephraim Lapham betrothed Mr. Lapham's granddaughter cillia -
Burns Hand
Johnny Tremain burns his hand working after curfew on a Sunday night when he was not supposed to be working Making a picture for mr. John Hancock -
Rab
Johnny meets Rab in the Boston observers looking for a job -
Johnny gets caught
Johnny shows merchant lyte the cup and then gets arrested. -
Johnny delivers
Johnny gets a job delivering papers -
Boston Tea Party
Sons of Liberty plan the Boston Tea Party during secret meeting -
Spy System
Paul Revere was a silversmith and ardent colonialist. He took part in the Boston Tea Party and was principal rider for Boston's Committee of Safety. In that role, he devised a system of lanterns to warn the minutemen of a British invasion, setting up his famous ride on April 18, 1775. -
Gun Shots Around The World
Soon the British column emerged through the morning fog and the confrontation that would launch a nation began and stole gun powder. "Lay down your arms, you damned rebels..." -
Lexington Concord
The Battles of Lexington and Concord were the first military engagements of the American Revolutionary War.
