The Boston Massacre was an incident that occurred in 1770. In February 1770 at Boston. Massachusetts, USA. A press gang from the British frigate 'Rose' boarded a ship belonging to Hooper of Marblehead, and a riot followed. On the night of March the 5th, 1770, the ringing of fire bells brought together a large crowd which collided violently with English soldiers. The soldiers opened fire, killing three people and wounding several others. News of the killings spread and strengthened resolve among the colonists for independence from Britain. Research Boston Massacre
The Boston Tea Party was an incident that occurred at the height of the agitation antecedent to the American revolution. On December 16th, 1773 a group of Bostonians, disguised as Indians, boarded several ships laden with taxed tea and threw 350 chests of it into the harbour. In retaliation the home government declared the port closed. Research Boston Tea Party
In 1807 three Negro sailors deserted from the British man-of-war 'Melampus' and enlisted on the United States ship 'Chesapeake'. The British squadron was then just within the Virginia capes. The British admiral demanded a surrender of the sailors. This was refused by the US Government. Accordingly, on June the 22nd, as the 'Chesapeake', in a half-prepared condition, was sailing out from Hampton Roads, a lieutenant from the British ship 'Leopard' boarded her and again demanded the deserters. Upon being refused, CaptainHumphrey immediately opened fire upon the 'Chesapeake' which Commodore Barron, who was wholly unprepared, was compelled to surrender without firing a gun.
President Jefferson at once issued a proclamation demanding a disavowal of the act, the restoration of the captured sailors and the recall of Admiral Berkeley. Though some tardy reparation was made, the affair greatly exasperated American opinion against the British, and contributed to bring on the War of 1812. Research Chesapeake and Leopard Affair.
A corody or corbody was an allowance of meat, drink, or clothing, anciently due to the king from an abbey or other religious house, for the sustenance of such of his servants as he thought good to place there for maintenance. Corodies were also retained by the private founders of religious houses and even granted to benefactors, and consisted in the right of sending a certain number of persons to be boarded at an abbey. Research Corody
George Eliot was the published name of Mary Ann Evans (Marian Evans), an English writer. She was born in 1819 at Griff near Nuneaton and died in 1880. She was the daughter of a Warwickshire land-agent and surveyor, and received an excellent education at Coventry, comprising the classical and modern languages, and shortly after her twenty-first birthday she became a convert to Rationalism.
Her first literary undertaking was the completion of Mrs. Hennell's translation of Strauss's Life of Jesus (1846). After spending two years abroad she boarded at the house of John Chapman, editor of the Westminster Review, of which she became sub-editor. It was not, however, until January, 1857, that she came prominently into public notice, when the first of a series of tales entitled Scenes from Clerical Life appeared in Blackwood's Magazine. These were written anonymously, and when it was assumed to have been written by a man she adopted her nom de plume. The series came to an end in November, 1857, and in the following year the publication of Adam Bede placed her in the first rank of writers of fiction. It was succeeded by the Mill on the Floss published in 1860, Silas Marner published in 1861, Eomola (1863), Felix Holt (1866), Middlemarch (1872), and Daniel Deronda (1876). In addition to those prose works she published three volumes of poems, The Spanish Gypsy (1818), Agatha (1869), and the Legend of Jubal (1874). Her last work published during her life was the series of essays entitled The Impressions of Theophrastus Such (1879), but a volume of mixed essays was issued posthumously. For many years she was happily associated both in life and work with George Henry Lewes, though marriage was impossible during the lifetime of Mrs. Lewes. In May, 1880, after Mr. Lewes' death, she married Mr. John Cross, but did not survive the marriage many months, dying rather suddenly at Chelsea on the 22nd of December of that year. Research George Eliot
Jose Barrundia was a Guatemalan revolutionary. In 1890 he sailed from Acapulco, Mexico to San Jose, Guatemala in an American merchant vessel, whereupon the Guatemalan authorities boarded the vessel and in an attempt to arrest Jose Barrundia killed him. Research Jose Barrundia
In 1861 CaptainCharles Wilkes of the United States Federal war Steamer San Jacinto boarded the British steam-packet Trent on her way from Havana to St Thomas, and carried off two Confederate envoys then on their way to Europe. The envoys were imprisoned, but the British government demanded their surrender, a demand which was complied with on January 1st 1862. Research Trent Affair
Polo is a four-a-side game with players mounted on horses who use wooden mallets to strike a wooden ball in an attempt to score goals. The ball is struck with the side of the mallet, and horses of any size may be used. The full sized ground is 300 yards long and 200 yards wide if unboarded and 160 yards wide if boarded. The boards on the side are nine inches high and designed to keep the ball in play. Research Polo
The Chesapeake was an American frigate which on the 1st of June 1813 sailed out of Boston harbour and battled with the English frigateShannon. The Chesapeake was boarded and captured by the crew of the Shannon. Research Chesapeake
The Santisima Trinidad was a Spanish three-masted, square rigged warship launched in 1769 at Havana. At 4572 tons displacement, the Santisima Trinidad was the largest warship of the 18th century. The Santisima Trinidad carried a complement of 950 and was armed with 130 guns. She saw action at the Battle of Cape St Vincent and again at the Battle of Trafalgar in 1805, where, demasted and out of control she was boarded by sailors from the English HMS Africa, only to be told by the Spanish crew that the Santisima Trinidad was still operational, at which news the English sailors politely left. At the end of the battle she was surrendered to HMS Prince. Research Santisima Trinidad
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