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Johnny Tremain is living with the Laphams
Johnny Tremain is one of three of Mr. Lapham's apprentices. He is the most talented silversmith apprentice in town and has a bright future ahead of him. This event is fictional -
Johnny shows Cilla his cup
Johnny shows Cilla the cup his mom gave to him before she died. This event was fictional -
Johnny burns his hand
Johnny burned his hand because Dove handed him the cracked crucible. This ruins Johnny's possible very successful future. This event was fictional -
Johnny meets Rab
Johnny looks for work and runs into a kid named Rab who takes him in and lets him live with him. Rab is apart of the Boston Observers, a group of Patriots that want to leave Britain. This event is fictional -
Mr. Lyte takes Johnny to court
Mr. Lyte takes Johnny to court because he thought that Johnny stole one of the five silver cups that he had in a collection. However, because Johnny showed Cilla he owned the cup before it was stolen he won the trial with no charges. This event was fictional -
First Boston Observers meeting
The Boston Observers meet to try to decide on a way to protest against the British. This event was historical, although it may not have been held at a printer's workshop. -
Boston Tea Party
The Sons of Liberty dump all of the tea that the British were trying to import to America. This ends up in millions of dollars in wasted tea. This event was historical. -
The Intolerable Acts were passed
Britain passed the Intolerable Acts as a punishment for the colonists because they dumped all of the tea. This event was historical -
Cilla and Isannah move in with Lytes
Lavinia Lyte offers to take Isannah in because she is the prettiest girl she has ever seen. Cilla tags along and becomes the Lyte's maid. This event is fictional -
Johnny closes up the country house
Johnny helps Cilla close up the Lyte's country house and he discovers that he was truly related to them. He later attends the las Boston Observer's meeting. This event was fictional -
Johnny reunites with Dove
Johnny finds Dove working at the Afric Queen's stables and befriends him to learn more information about the British's plans. This event was fictional -
Rab leaves for Lexington
Johnny is sad when Rab tells him that he is leaving to go fight with the militia in Lexington because he knows that the war is going to start any day now. This event was fictional -
Johnny discovers that the British are going to attack
Johnny receives valuable information from Dove and passes it on to Paul Revere and Doctor Warren. Revere tells Johnny to go tell Robert Newman to hang two lanterns on the church. This event was half historical and half fictional because Newman did really hang two lanterns on the church, but Johnny isn't the one that told him to. -
Johnny leaves for Charlestown
Doctor Warren tells Johnny to gather information around Boston and to meet him at the mainland to report his findings. Johnny goes to the Lyte's to retrieve Pumpkin's uniform and Lavinia tells him the story of his parents and his birth. Johnny kisses Cilla goodbye and leaves for Charlestown to meet with Warren. This event was fictional -
Johnny finds Rab and Warren
Johnny moves on to Lexington in search of Doctor Warren and finds him and discovers that Rab has been shot. Rab gives Johnny his musket and dies from his wounds. Doctor Warren offers to mend Johnny's crippled hand and this time Johnny accepts. This event was fictional
