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See also:WARREN, See also:JOSEPH (1741—1775) , See also:American politician, was See also:born at See also:Roxbury, See also:Massachusetts, on the 11th of See also:June 1741. He graduated from Harvard See also:College in 1759, taught in a school at Roxbury in 176o—1761, studied See also:medicine, and began to practise in See also:Boston in 1764. The See also:Stamp See also:Act agitation aroused his See also:interest in public questions. He soon became associated with See also:Samuel See also:- ADAMS
- ADAMS, ANDREW LEITH (1827-1882)
- ADAMS, CHARLES FRANCIS (1807-1886)
- ADAMS, HENRY (1838— )
- ADAMS, HENRY CARTER (1852— )
- ADAMS, HERBERT (i858— )
- ADAMS, HERBERT BAXTER (1850—1901)
- ADAMS, JOHN (1735–1826)
- ADAMS, JOHN QUINCY (1767-1848)
- ADAMS, SAMUEL (1722-1803)
- ADAMS, THOMAS (d. c. 1655)
- ADAMS, WILLIAM (d. 162o)
Adams, See also:John Adams and See also:Josiah See also:Quincy, Jr., as a See also:leader of the popular party, and contributed articles and letters to the Boston See also:Gazette over the See also:signature " True Patriot." The efforts of Samuel Adams to secure the See also:appointment of committees of See also:correspondence met with his hearty support, and he and Adams were the two leading members of the first Boston See also:committee of correspondence, chosen in 1772. As chairman of a committee appointed for the purpose, he drafted the famous " See also:Suffolk Resolves," which were unanimously adopted by a See also:convention at See also:Milton (q.v.) on the 9th of See also:September 1774. These " resolves " urged.forcible opposition to See also:Great See also:Britain if it should prove to be necessary, pledged submission to such See also:measures as 1 he See also:Continental See also:Congress might recommend, and favoured the calling of a provincial congress. Warren was a member of the first three provincial congresses (1774—1775), See also:president of the third, and an active member of the committee of public 'safety. He took an active See also:part in the fighting on the 19th of See also:April, was appointed See also:major-See also:general of the Massachusetts troops, next in See also:rank to Artemas See also:- WARD
- WARD, ADOLPHUS WILLIAM (1837- )
- WARD, ARTEMUS
- WARD, EDWARD MATTHEW (1816-1879)
- WARD, ELIZABETH STUART PHELPS (1844-1911)
- WARD, JAMES (1769--1859)
- WARD, JAMES (1843– )
- WARD, JOHN QUINCY ADAMS (1830-1910)
- WARD, LESTER FRANK (1841– )
- WARD, MARY AUGUSTA [MRS HUMPHRY WARD]
- WARD, WILLIAM (1766-1826)
- WARD, WILLIAM GEORGE (1812-1882)
Ward, on the 14th of June1775; and three days later, before his See also:commission was made out, he took part as a volunteer, under the orders of See also:Putnam and See also:Prescott, in the See also:battle of Bunker See also:- HILL
- HILL (0. Eng. hyll; cf. Low Ger. hull, Mid. Dutch hul, allied to Lat. celsus, high, collis, hill, &c.)
- HILL, A
- HILL, AARON (1685-175o)
- HILL, AMBROSE POWELL
- HILL, DANIEL HARVEY (1821-1889)
- HILL, DAVID BENNETT (1843–1910)
- HILL, GEORGE BIRKBECK NORMAN (1835-1903)
- HILL, JAMES J
- HILL, JOHN (c. 1716-1775)
- HILL, MATTHEW DAVENPORT (1792-1872)
- HILL, OCTAVIA (1838– )
- HILL, ROWLAND (1744–1833)
- HILL, SIR ROWLAND (1795-1879)
Hill (Breed's Hill), where he was killed. Next to the Adamses, Warren was the most influential leader of the extreme Whig See also:faction in Massachusetts. His tragic See also:death strengthened their zeal for the popular cause and helped to prepare the way for the See also:acceptance of the See also:Declaration of See also:Independence. Warren's speeches are typical examples of the old See also:style of American See also:political eloquence. His best-known orations were those delivered in Old See also:South See also:- CHURCH
- CHURCH (according to most authorities derived from the Gr. Kvpcaxov [&wµa], " the Lord's [house]," and common to many Teutonic, Slavonic and other languages under various forms—Scottish kirk, Ger. Kirche, Swed. kirka, Dan. kirke, Russ. tserkov, Buig. cerk
- CHURCH, FREDERICK EDWIN (1826-1900)
- CHURCH, GEORGE EARL (1835–1910)
- CHURCH, RICHARD WILLIAM (1815–189o)
- CHURCH, SIR RICHARD (1784–1873)
Church on the second and fifth anniversaries (1772 and 1775) of the " Boston See also:Massacre."
The See also:standard See also:biography is See also:Richard See also:Frothingham's See also:Life and Times of Joseph Warren (Boston, 1865).
End of Article: WARREN, JOSEPH (1741—1775)
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