... people whom he unquestionably trusted. These trustees were Anna Strong, Abraham Woodhull, Robert Townsend, Caleb Brewster, Austin Roe and John Bolton. The code name of the spy ring was "Samuel Culper." Abraham Woodhull originated as the main source of the Spy Ring's day-to-day operations on Long Island. Woodhull personally traveled back and forth between New York collecting ... got to Woodhull. In result to his skeptical mindset he resigned as the rings primary source in the court. The trustee to take his place was Robert Townsend, aka "Samuel Culper Jr." Townsend was a reporter for an ...

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... they were currently receiving their tea from. There was no downside for either side with the Tea Act. The colonists however, acted stubbornly and led on by the speech by Samuel Adams, would not accept the British tea that landed in the ports of Boston. They boarded the British vessels dressed as Native Americans and dumped all of the tea into ... no other opposition to the colonists besides the British. General Gage, who was stationed there to help control the colonists of Boston, sent some six companies to confiscate the arms. Samuel Adams and John Hancock were also supposed to be capt...

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... individual owns the land they work on or the shop they work in they are much more protective and motivated to remain independent than someone who has nothing to lose. Samuel Adams wrote in 1772 that, "while their property shall be disposed of by a House of Commons at three thousand miles' distance from them, and who cannot be supposed to ... ...

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... the company was a monopoly and that lowering the price of the tea was unjust.# When the first ship arrived in the Boston harbor the Boston Committee of Correspondence, led by Samuel Adams, prevented them form unloading the tea.# When the Ship was dined to leave port, radicals dressed as Mohawks boarded the ship and dumped all the tea over board.# The ... ...

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... , and he spoke harmoniously, occasionally punctuating his speeches with his maimed hand (the result of a hunting accident) swathed in a black kerchief. At the First Congress, he became a close partner of Samuel Adams and served as floor manager for the cause of freedom. At the Second Congress he was determined more than ever to seek total independence from England. "The measure of ... ...

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