Famous People
Born in Quincy, first governor of MA, and the first to sign the Declaration of Independence.
John Hancock
Requires a tax to be paid on certain documents. You then receive an official stamp in 1765.
Stamp Act
Home to the Quincy Historical Society museum and library.
Adams Academy
Second U.S. President born in Quincy
John Adams
Militia men that volunteered and could be ready in a minute
minuteman
Sachem of the Wampanoag
Massasoit
Put a tax on glass, lead, tea, paper and paints in 1767.
Townshend Acts
United First Parish Church where the Adams crypts are located in the basement is also called...
Church of Presidents
The son of John & Abigail Adams. The 6th president of the U.S.
John Quincy Adams
Insulting nickname for British soldiers based on their red uniform.
Lobsterbacks
Ruled Great Britain during the American Revolution.
King George III
British soldiers shot into the crowd and killed 5 colonists. Crispus Attucks was the first to die in the American Revolution.
Boston Massacre
Historic cemetery on Hancock Adams Common. Named after Reverend John Hancock, John Hancock's father.
Hancock Cemetery
Wife of John Adams and mother to John Quincy Adams. Supported women's rights.
Abigail Adams
The colonists were called this because they were committed to their cause.
Patriot
Secret group of American colonists that protested British tax policies.
Sons of Liberty
Sons of Liberty disguised themselves as natives dumped 342 chests of tea sent by the East India Company in 1773.
Boston Tea Party
Marks the spot where Abigail and John Quincy Adams watched the Battle of Bunker Hill.
Abigail Adams Cairn
John Adams's cousin and part of the Sons of Liberty who led the Boston Tea Party.
Samuel Adams
a colonial weapon similar to a rifle
musket
She was a spiritual leader from Wollaston who was banished from the Massachusetts Bay Colony.
Anne Hutchinson
Soldiers from all 13 colonies fought in a battle we did not win but proved we can fight.
Battle of Bunker Hill
Farm owned by Adams family that has the birthplace homes of John Adams and John Quincy Adams.
Adams Farm at Penn's Hill
He was grandfather of Abigail Adams. The city of Quincy and John Quincy was named after him.
Colonel John Quincy
Animals raised on a farm to produce goods like meat, milk, eggs, and wool.
livestock