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    The document summarizes key locations along the Freedom Trail in Boston related to important events in American Revolutionary history. It describes markers for the Boston Massacre site and King's Chapel Burying Ground, the Paul Revere House where Paul Revere lived, the Old South Meeting House which was a center of protest, and the Bunker Hill Monument commemorating the Battle of Bunker Hill.

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    The document summarizes key locations along the Freedom Trail in Boston related to important events in American Revolutionary history. It describes markers for the Boston Massacre site and King's Chapel Burying Ground, the Paul Revere House where Paul Revere lived, the Old South Meeting House which was a center of protest, and the Bunker Hill Monument commemorating the Battle of Bunker Hill.

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    The document summarizes key locations along the Freedom Trail in Boston related to important events in American Revolutionary history. It describes markers for the Boston Massacre site and King's Chapel Burying Ground, the Paul Revere House where Paul Revere lived, the Old South Meeting House which was a center of protest, and the Bunker Hill Monument commemorating the Battle of Bunker Hill.

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    Freedom Trail Slides

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    The document summarizes key locations along the Freedom Trail in Boston related to important events in American Revolutionary history. It describes markers for the Boston Massacre site and King's Chapel Burying Ground, the Paul Revere House where Paul Revere lived, the Old South Meeting House which was a center of protest, and the Bunker Hill Monument commemorating the Battle of Bunker Hill.

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    Freedom Trail WebQuest

    By: Malik and Jaysen


    Boston Massacre Site

    1. The Boston Massacre had a major impact on


    relations between Britain and the American
    colonists.
    2. It took place in March 5, 1770.
    3. It was between a "patriot" mob, throwing snowballs,
    stones, and sticks, and a squad of British soldiers.
    4. The first person that was shot and killed was a man
    named Crispus Attucks.
    5. The Boston Massacre site marker is located at the
    intersection of State and Congress Streets in
    Downtown Boston, outside of the Old State House,
    a few yards away from where the Massacre took
    place.
    King’s Chapel Burying Ground

    ● Located behind King’s Chapel Church, the


    burying ground, it stands in Tremont Street
    across Suffolk University in Boston
    ● When loyalists that belonged to this church
    decided to flee to Canada, the rest of the
    people decided to briefly rename the Church
    and Burial to Stone’s Chapel.
    ● Church founded in 1686 as Boston’s first
    Anglican church.
    ● One notable person that is buried there is
    William Dawes who helped Paul Revere
    spread the warning to the rest of the Sons of
    Liberty in Lexington ride of April 18th, 1775
    Paul Revere House

    ● On the night of April 18th 1775, Paul Revere


    grabbed his boots and coat and set off from his
    home in North Square..
    ○ He would be accompanied by William Dawes as
    they would go to warn John and Samuel Adams
    ● He would display his silver things and set off to
    his nearby workshop as a silversmith.
    ● He also lived with his wife Sarah and eventually
    Rachel along with each of their kids.
    ● Located at the old North part of Boston in Revere
    Square, the Paul Revere House stands across
    from the Rachel Revere Square.
    Old South Meeting House

    1. Old South became the center for massive public


    protest meetings against British actions in colonial
    Boston.Yet it was the series of meetings that
    culminated on December 16, 1773
    2. The old south meeting house was built in 1729
    3. Philanthropist Mary Hemenway, abolitionist Wendell
    Phillips, and the writers Julia Ward Howe and Ralph
    Waldo Emerson led this effort.
    4. The Old South Meeting House is a historic
    Congregational church building located at the corner
    of Milk and Washington Streets in the Downtown
    Crossing area of Boston, Massachusetts.
    Bunker Hill Monument

    1. Despite their loss, the inexperienced colonial forces


    inflicted significant casualties against the enemy,
    and the battle provided them with an important
    confidence boost during the Siege of Boston
    2. The Battle of Bunker Hill took place On June 17, 1775
    3. The militia were under the leadership of General
    Putnam and Colonel Prescott, the Americans stole
    out onto the Charlestown Peninsula with instructions
    to establish defensive positions on the hills
    overlooking Boston.
    4. The Bunker Hill Monument is a monument erected at
    the site of the Battle of Bunker Hill in Boston,
    Massachusetts

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