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Tham khảo tài liệu 'building grammar skills for toefl ibt_5', ngoại ngữ, ngữ pháp tiếng anh phục vụ nhu cầu học tập, nghiên cứu và làm việc hiệu quả | Building Grammar Skí ỉs 5. Sam Adams Sam Adams was bom into a prosperous beer brewing family in Boston. Unfortunately he was not very good at business and quickly lost the business. However he was very popular and was helped by his neighbours and friends. Like many businessmen Adams was angry at British taxes. Adams is most famous for organizing The Boston Tea Party of 1773. To protest a new British tax on tea Adams with roughly 15 other patriots dressed up as Mohawks. They boarded 3 British ships and dumped 9 000 pounds of tea into Boston Harbour. This is considered one of the key events leading up to the revolution of 1776. Adams was a member of the first Continental Congress in 1775. He signed the declaration of independence on July 4th 1776. Use these verbs dislike hope plan 109 Copyrighted materia Building Grammar Skills 6. Benedict Arnold Benedict Arnold was born in 1741 and ar a young age he showed lhat he wanted to fight for America. He ran away twice to fight in the Seven Years War. After that he studied to be a pharmacist but always kept the patriotic cause close to his heart. When the Revolution broke out he was a colonel and became a distinguished war hero. He led an American attack on Quebec and was wounded twice. However he was greatly angered by a decision of Congress to promote others ahead of him. He went to Philadelphia to recuperate from his injuries and got married. He very quickly got into debt and here decided to sell military information to the British On September 21s 1779 Arnold met with a British general - the general was caught and Arnold changed sides. Arnold continued to fight on the side of the British as a brilliant commander until the end of the war. Use these verbs wanted started disliked 110 Copyrighted material Building Grammar Skí ỉs Grammar Point 23 - The Passive Voice In some situations it is difficult to make a sentence because the subject is not clear. It is also possible that the result of the sentence is more important than