The British regulars were having a rough morning. They had been roused out of bed late last night - the night of April 18th - and had spent hours standing in formation along the narrow streets of Boston. Then they had been piled onto shallow barges so overloaded that there wasn’t room to sit down. The barges ferried them across the water from Boston near to Cambridge, where they disembarked into chilly waist-deep water. It was barely midnight when the first wet, grumbling troops waded ashore, early on the morning of April 19th, 1775. The British desperately wanted to surprise the Americans and capture the weapons that were stockpiled in the town of Concord, and this late-night troop movement was a key part of their strategy. Under the command of Lieutenant Colonel Francis Smith, there were over seven hundred regular troops ferried out of Boston that morning. The regular troops were supported by about a thousand grenadiers, flankers, and reconnaissance troops. On their way to Concord, the British also planned to stop in at Lexington and arrest John Hancock and Sam Adams, two key leaders of the American revolt who had recently moved out of Boston for safety. But the British did not know that word of their approach was spreading through the Massachusetts countryside before they had even crossed the water. Paul Revere, one of the few patriot leaders still in Boston, had rowed across the Charles River under the guns of the HMS Somerset late on the 18th. Once ashore in Charlestown, he mounted a waiting horse and rode off to warn the communities north of Boston of the British approach. Behind him, glowing in the steeple of the Old North Church, was Revere’s back-up plan: two lanterns were glimmering through the still, silent night, a signal to Charlestown that the British were coming by sea. Paul Revere was not the only man who braved the teeth of the British to spread the alarm that night. Billy Dawes, disguised as a drunken farmer, had fooled the British guards blockading the only road out of Boston, and headed south to spread the alarm. Revere stopped at Lexington to make sure that Hancock and Adams had got the warning. They had, and were already on their way out of town, but the anxious men spoke late into the night with the militia leaders from Lexington and surrounding towns. There were too many British troops on the march to be only intent on arresting two men. The weapons at Concord had to be the main aim of this attack. The word was sent out around the countryside, and the system of “alarm and muster”, used in the colonies since before the French and Indian war, came to life. Cannons boomed, bells rang, bonfires were lit and trumpets were blown to spread the alarm. Express riders headed off in all directions to rouse the militia. British officers, still struggling to get all their men ashore through the soggy marshes, heard the commotion and realized that the element of surprise had been lost. It was a...
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Read this please!! Does it sound okay? Easy ten points, just give your opinion.?
Mar 16, 2009 by Fluffy the unicornn ;] | Posted in Books & Authors
So I have to write a speech for Social Studies class. We have to be an important person in history. I'm Louisa May Alcott. While, you're reading this, here's the questions I'd like you to answer;
(a) is the intro and closing creative?
(b) is there enough information?
(c) is it okay that I talk in first person? or would it sound better if i talked in third person (the teacher says its our choice)
(d) overall, is it a good report?
Louisa May Alcott
Introduction
What famous woman in history wrote the classic, Little Women, was a women's rights advocate, AND participated in the American Civil War? The answer is Louisa May Alcott. This is the story of her life and accomplishments.
INFORMATION, PART A: EARLY YEARS
Louisa May Alcott was born on November 29, 1832 . IShe was the daughter of a well-known transcendentalist, Amos Bronson Alcott, and his wife, Abigail May Alcott. Louisa had one older sister, Anna Bronson. The Alcott family lived in Germantown (which is now a part of Philadelphia), Pennsylvania. Later, Louisa had two younger sisters, Elizabeth Sewall Alcott and Abigail May Alcott. Little did she know that her relationship with her sisters would make her famous. In 1834, their family moved to Boston, Massachusetts, so Louisa's father would create an experimental school and join the Transcendtal Club with noted educator; Ralph Waldo Emerson and the naturalist, Henry David Thoreau. The Alcotts had many temporary homes due to setbacks with my father's school before finally buying a house in Concord, Massachusetts. Louisa and her sisters were homeschooled, by Thoreau and Mr. Alcott. However, the girls recieved some schooling from educators and writers such as Emerson, Nathaniel Hawthorne, and Margaret Fuller. All of them were family friends. Louisa titled her early years, 'Transcendentalist Wild Oats' in a newspaper sketch many years later.
WHY SHE WAS FAMOUS
Alcott was an extremely hard-working feminist. She wrote romance novels, under the pen 'A.M. Bernard,' such as A Long Fatal Love Chase, and Paulina's Passion and Punishments. Although these stories were very successful, it was not what made Louisa May Alcott a household name. Louisa hit ,literary success in 1868, when she wrote the famous novel, Little Women. Little Women is loosely based upon Louisa and her sisters growing up in Concord. The sequels, Part Second (1869), Little Men (1871), and Jo's Boys (1886) completed the successful 'March Family Saga'. She had many later volumes that followed Little Women. Louisa then went on to become an advocate of women's suffrage and was the first woman to vote in Concord, in a school board election. She joined a group of female writers that wrote articles about women's issues. Newspaper columnists applauded their work.
LATER YEARS
Louisa May Alcott wrote until her death. Her death was due to mercury poisoning during her service to the American Civil War. She died in Boston on March 6th, 1888, two days after her father had passed. She was 55 years old. Louisa May Alcott's grave still remains in Sleepy Hollow Cemetary in Concord.
HOW SHE CHANGED THE WORLD
Louisa May Alcott surely left a mark in Historical American Literature. The story of the March sisters still remains a classic today, and inspired many authors around the world, who wrote biographies about Alcott's amazing life. She also inspired many people for standing up for women's rights or participating in the American Civil War.
CLOSING
Louisa May Alcott will always be remember for her intelligence, bold personality, and creativity. Many generations will continue to read her work, and be inspired by it.
Is this okay?? Please help! Remember, the intro and closing need to be REALLY creative...so any better ideas for those would be greatly appreciated. Thanks!
I think you've missed the point of the exercise. This isn't first person writing at all. This isn't you being a character, this is a standard essay about someone. If you have to "be" the character, then you can't say "Louisa May Alcott", you have to say "I".
cathrl69 | Mar 16, 2009
looks good to me. i would not change anything. very creative, good sentence structure. i'm only curious as to what you mean by "REALLY creative". your instructor used those words?
carytop | Mar 16, 2009
Great report! First person sounds good, maybe dress in costume for a very realistic effect.
annie | Mar 16, 2009
Parents won't budge on dating issue?
Aug 23, 2009 by Darlene | Posted in Family
first of all I am 12. My parents are fine with that.
A few months ago, I met a really sweet girl who [claimed to be] just my age and blah blah blah. Both of us quickly realized that we were just right for each other and decided to "go out" (That's what 12-year-olds do). Things went quickly upwards from there.
< End of charming love story >
Now at the end of the week, she told me she lives in Laconia, NH, and I live in Newmarket. If you look those up on Bing, then you will know that those two towns are 2+ hours apart. So, we chatted by email a bit, then got bored, then phone. And after a while, she wants to meet in Concord (and at this point i come out to my parents). My parents are fine with me dating with and/or meeting a girl in person, but neither of them want to drive 45 minutes just so i can meet my girlfriend. Even her mom tried to talk to them, and they still don't want to drive. (Now it is mostly between me and Mom because my dad is still all like "Why can't you just be pen pals???????" and we both find it annoying.) Is there some sort of way I could meet her somewhere?
woah that's a bit dangerous and you are both too young to be dating
you're not even teenagers yet
slow down son, embrace your childhood before you lose it
you only have a few years left, then 60-70+ years of adulthood to be dating and blablabla
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HISTORY HELP PLEASE!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!1?
Mar 14, 2010 by | Posted in History
Who first said “taxation without representation is tyranny"?
John Adams
Samuel Adams
James Otis
Thomas Jefferson
As a result of the Intolerable Acts, colonists found an organized way to share ideas and information about the struggle for American liberties through which of the following?
As a result of the Boston Tea Party, the British enacted which of the following in order to bring the Massachusetts Bay Colony more firmly under their control?
Told the colonists that the king and parliament have the right to tax the colonies even though the colonists are not allowed to have parliamentary representation.
Treaty of Paris
Proclamation of 1763
British Colonial Act
Declaratory Act
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