Hanover Associators

Patriotic citizens are typically aware of the dates that stick out in history regarding the Revolutionary War.  July 4, 1776 (the Declaration of Independence) and April 19, 1775 (Battles of Lexington and Concord) certainly come to most people's minds relative to the days in the late 1700's that changed the world.  These famous dates stand out because they culminate in remarkable events that eventually helped bring about the United States of America, the best and most prosperous country to have ever existed. But what is lost in the historical weeds are other events upon which these dates were built.  Dates like December 16, 1773 (the Boston Tea Party) or March 5, 1770 (the Boston Massacre) are as important as Independence Day. This is because events like these either heightened the tension between the British crown and the colonies or served as lines in the sand that Americans drew as they asserted their God given liberties from an increasingly tyrannical government.  Another of these i