Joseph Plum Martin

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    Joseph Plumb Martin

  • Joseph Plumb Martin was born

    On this day a young war hero was born in Becket,Massachusetts
  • joseph was born in the middle of the French and Indian war

    When Joseph was born in the middle of the war he was not the safest kid in the world but he made his life work.
  • The Sugar Act was passed

    Joseph was 4 years old
  • Stamp Act

    The stamp act was passed in 1765
  • 1766-1772 when't by with nothing but work

  • 1766-1772 when't by with nothing but hard work

  • 1766-1772 when't by with nothing but work

  • 1766-1772 when't by with nothing but hard work

  • 1766-1772 when't by with nothing to do but work and help on the farm

  • 1766-1772 when't by with good memory's and farm work

  • Townshend Act

    The Townshend Act was passed
  • Boston Tea Party

    word of the boston tea party reached joseph
  • First Continental Congress

    In 1774 the first continental congress met
  • Town bells

    Joseph remembers the town bells ringing
  • Smell of war in the states

    the war was cloose
  • the British came

    the British came to seize hidden weapons
  • Independance

    the declaration of independence was read to the troops
  • Count the dead (1777-1779)

    there were so many american soldiers dead they stopped counting for months