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Chapter One: Up and About
Fourteen-year-old Johnny Tremain is a silversmith’s apprentice in Revolutionary-era Boston. He lives with an elderly master silversmith, Mr. Lapham, and two other apprentices. Rounding out the bustling household is Mr. Lapham’s daughter-in-law and able housekeeper, Mrs. Lapham, and her four daughters. -
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Chapter One
In this chapter, there was a huge piece of information that was given... Johnny's real name was Jonathan Lyte Tremain. He also had a special cup that his mother gave him. She said "Never use this cup. Never show thids to anybody unless you have no home, no friends and it seems as if even God has turned his back on you... Only then my you use your cup." -
Chapter 2: The Pride of Your Power
Though everyone assures Johnny that the handle he designed for the sugar bowl is beautiful, Johnny remains unconvinced. Before casting the wax model in silver, he takes his design to Paul Revere, a silversmith of great repute, to ask his advice. Johnny has never met Revere before and is shocked to discover that the great artisan knows his name and his face. Johnny is not aware that all of the master silversmiths in Boston have been watching him. Revere immediately spots the imperfection that Joh -
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Chapter 2: The Pride of Your Power
In this chapter, John Hancock comes to the Lapham's house to place an order for a sugar basin. Since Johnny was so anxoious to do the sugar basin, he worked day and night during these dates, but on the 28th, he slipped and burned his hand on the molten silver. Since this happened, the sugar basin wouldn't be finished and Johnny was unable to work as a silversmith and had to find a new job -
Chapter 3: Earth and Brass
Johnny is unable to earn money and now is just an added expense for the Laphams. Mrs. Lapham begins insulting Johnny the way she once insulted the other boys, and looks at him with uncloaked resentment. She complains about having to feed someone who does not help put food on the table. Cilla begins hiding food in Johnny’s pockets so that he does not have to eat in front of Mrs. Lapham. Mr. Lapham assures Johnny that he can remain a part of their household for as long as he needs, but Johnny’s pr -
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Job offer and John Hancock
One of the main events in this chapter was that Johnny was kicked out of the Lapham's house. He vistied John Hancock gave him money. He used the money and as he was looking at different jobs, he came across the Boston Observer. Inside the little bulding he met a boy about two years older than him named Rab. Rab offers Johnny a job offer and Johnny tells Rab that he may come back, but at that moment he cannot accept hte offer. -
Chapter 4: The Rising Eye
Lyte thinks that Johnny is a conniving impostor, but Johnny announces that he can prove his story with a silver cup bearing the Lyte seal. Lyte urges Johnny to bring the cup to his house that evening. On his way to the Lyte home, Johnny stops by the Observer to tell Rab what happened. Rab warns that Lyte is a crooked man who pretends to be a loyal British citizen when dealing with Tories and pretends to be sympathetic to the rebel cause when dealing with Whigs. He loans Johnny a fine linen shirt -
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A Wrong Accusation
In this chapter, Johnny goes to Mr. Lytes house to show him the cup. After Mr. Lyte examines it, he believes that Johnny stole the cup because he "said" thta on the 23 of August, some ones tole his cup.. Johnny was arrested and put in jail, where Rab visits him and they make plans to show that Johnny is innocent. On the day of the trail Johhny tells the judge that Mr. Lyte was wrong and thta on the 16 of July, he showed the cup to Cilla. After this Johnny was happy nad took up Rab's job offer
