The American Revolution

This are some facts about some of the independence leaders that are silly but they are true! enjoy :)


Jonh Hancock
He was born rich, and was an orphan. He was adopted by his uncle, and inherited his uncle's business of importing tea, wine and other things from England. Soon he figured out how to bribe the tax collector so he dind't have to pay taxes, he was called "King of the Smugglers", he was proud as a peacock and dressed like one too, his favorite color was purple, and ended up spending most of his fortune supporting the American Revolution.


Patrick Henry

When he was a child he was very lazy, he didn't like to study, neither work on his father's farm. His interests were to wander through the woods, gun in hand, hunting for game, or to sit on the bank of some stream fishing by the hour. When not enjoying himself outdoors he might be heard playing his violin.
His parents did not know what to do with him, so they decided to put him, when fifteen years old, as clerk into a little country store. Here he remained for a year, and then opened a store of his own. But he was still too lazy to attend to business, and soon his store failed.
When he was only eighteen years old, he married. The parents of the young couple gave them a small farm and a few slaves. But it was the same story. The young farmer would not take the trouble to look after his affairs, and let things drift. So before long the farm had to be sold to pay debts. Once more Patrick turned to storekeeping, but after a few years he failed again.
When he was twenty-three years old, he was unemployee, and had a wife and family to support. So at this time he decided to become a lawyer. He borrowed some law-books, and after studying for six months, he applied for permission to practice law. Although he passed but a poor examination, he at last was started on the right road.
He succeeded well in his law practice, and in a few years had so much business that people in his part of Virginia began to take notice of him. In 1765, soon after the Stamp Act was passed by the British Parliament, he was elected a member of the Virginia House of Burgesses.


Samuel Adams
He did more than any one else to arouse the love of liberty in his colony, was born in Boston in 1722. His childhood was quite different from Patrick Henry's. He liked to go to school and to learn from books, and he cared little for outdoor life or sport of any kind.
As he grew up, his father wished him to become a clergyman, but Samuel preferred to study law. His mother opposing this, he entered upon business life. This perhaps was a mistake, for he did not take to business, and, like Patrick Henry, he soon failed, even losing most of the property his father had left him.


By: Kellyn & Andrea