Emerson, david alcott and thorough. The bridge that afternooned the flood, their flag furled. Here once the embattled farmer stood and fired the shot heard around the world. This National Historical park was established to celebrate activities and events that took place april 19th, 1775. Behind me is something called north bridge. This is what is considered to be the beginning of the american revolution. It was here that americans, colonial militia, if youve will, and british regulars will encounter one another, shots fired, lives lost on both sides, more importantly, its where the colonial militia was ordered to fire upon the kings troops, creating in essence an act of treason. Massachusetts was a royal colony. There had been tensions growing with the mother country since really the 1770s. Because of all this tension the Royal Military governor, thomas gage was appointed to oversee. What started to happen as the decade wore on, you had a series of events that would take place, somethi
Park was established to celebrate the activities and events which took place on april 19 1775. Behind me is northbridge. This is considered to be the beginning of the american revolution, because it was here that colonial militia and british regulars encountered one another, shots were fired, and lives were lost on both sides. More importantly, it was where the colonial militia was ordered to fire upon the kings troops creating in essence an act of treason. Massachusetts was a royal colony. There have been tensions growing with the mother country cents the 70s with the mother country. Was, asrted to happen the decade were on, the were a series of events that would take place including the boston massacre and the boston tea party. The tea party was the destruction of private property. Because of the destruction, the Royal Authority had to punish Massachusetts Bay colony. That included a series of acts called the intolerable acts. So, you have the bringing in of a british governor, the c
That. Over the next 90 minutes, with the help of Comcast Cable partners, we is at the site at the center of over revolutions, including waldo pond and the orchard house. We begin and northbridge and the shot heard around the world. By the bridge, here the embattled farmers stood and fired the shot heard round the world. Minutemen National Historical park was established to celebrate the activities and events which took place on april 19 1775. Behind me is northbridge. This is considered to be the beginning of the american revolution, because it was here that colonial militia and british regulars encountered one another, shots were fired, and lives were lost on both sides. More importantly, it was where the colonial militia was ordered to fire upon the kings troops creating in essence an act of treason. Massachusetts was a royal colony. There have been tensions growing with the mother country cents since the 1770s. Thomas gage was appointed to oversee. What started to happen was, as the
Many newly transcribed ivy teams many newly transcribed by the teams members. Margo burns welcome back. Should be a really interesting session. I would like to introduce to you my good friend and partner in which graph studies, margo burns. Margo was one of the leading experts on the trials. One of the leading experts in the salem witch hunt. She probably has forgotten more about the individual documents than i will ever know. We asked her to speak about those records and the Amazing Things you can learn from a close read of them. I should also mention that he that she is the author of my favorite article on the trials. It looks at the issue of false confession that i strongly recommend to you. Margo burns. Just so you know, i have a completely different read on the coercion of false confessions that he gave a few minutes ago. Read my article and you will find out. I am here today primarily to talk about the actual documents. And how do we know what we know. When ever i read or hear an
The shot heard round the world happened right here at the northbridge. American history tv is in concord, massachusetts to learn about the battle that started the american revolution. By the bridge that arched the flood, the flag unfurled. Here the embattled farmers stood and fired the shot heard round the world. Minutemen National Historical park was established to celebrate the activities and events which took place on april 19, 1775. Behind me is northbridge. This is considered to be the beginning of the american revolution, because it was here that americans, colonial militia if you will, and british regulars encountered one another, shots were fired, and lives were lost on both sides. More importantly, it was where the colonial militia was ordered to fire upon the kings troops , creating in essence an act of treason. Massachusetts was a royal colony. There had been tensions growing with the mother country cents the 1770s. Because of the tension, thomas gage was appointed to overse