Johnny Tremain Timeline

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  • Tea Act-Real event

    Tea Act-Real event
    British Parliment passed Tea act to reduce amount of tea the British East India Company held.
  • Apprentice Silversmith

    Apprentice Silversmith
    Johnny becomes a apprentice silversmith for the Lapham's in Boston.
  • Burned Hand

    Burned Hand
    While Johnny was working he burned his hand in a freak accident.
  • Johnny goes to the Lyte's

    Johnny goes to the Lyte's house and claims to be a part of their family and shows them his cup but gets accused of stealing it.
  • Johnny gets a job

    Johnny gets a job
    Johnny gets a job at the Boston Observer to be a horse boy when he meets Rab.
  • Johnny helps same Sam Adams

    Johnny helps same Sam Adams
    Johnny goes around town telling members of the Observers about the meeting that night. He tells the members 'Mr. So and So owes eight shillings for his newspaper" which means that there is a meeting at eight o'clock
  • Boston tea party

    Boston tea party
    The Sons of Liberty dump 242 chests of tea overboard in protest of Taxation without Representation.
  • Johnny helps with the Boston Tea party.

    Johnny helps with the Boston Tea party.
    Johnny helps dump tea into the Boston Harbor.
  • Isannh leaves with the lyte's

    The Lytes leave Boston to go to London until the rebellion is over. Isannah chooses to go with them.
  • "One if by Land, Two if by Sea"

    "One if by Land, Two if by Sea"
    Johnny goes to Robert Newman's house and tells him to hang two lanterns, which means the British are coming at sea to confiscate the colonists weapons.
  • British Soldiers-Real event

    British Soldiers-Real event
    British soldiers arrive in Boston as a part of the Port Act.
  • James Otis gives a speech

    James Otis gives a speech
    James Otis gives a speech to the Sons of Liberty called "A Man Can Stand Up.
  • Rab leaves Boston

    Rab leaves Boston
    Rab leaves Boston to go to Lexington to fight,
  • Real event-Shot heard around the world

    Real event-Shot heard around the world
    The first shot is fired which marks the beginning of the Revolutionary War.
  • Rab dies

    Rab dies
    Rab is shot in the battle of Lexington and Concord and later dies.