Moses was a large man who could argue his way out of anything, his reputation for argumentation was known throughout the entire area. He held very strongly to his views and would not budge for anything, except perhaps his mother Goody Cooper. Because of Moses' gift of gab he was a member of the Lexington Committee. On the night of Moses' committee meeting Adam asked if he could go with to the meetinghouse with his father. Moses told him that the day he started acting and thinking like a man then Adam could go. So instead of going to the meeting with his father Adam met his cousin Ruth Simmons. Ruth also happened to be Adam's best friend and love interest, and since they were just "second-cousins, once removed" that made it alright for him to have feeling her. They talked and argued and ended up kissing. It was Adam's

Adam and many other Lexington residents returned home that night since they were so close and there duty had been fulfilled, they drove the British away from their homes a back to Boston where the British ships were docked. The Lexington posse all walked very slowly towards home because they thought that the whole town was burned to nothing but ashes. As they entered the town the men realized that only a few houses had been burnt, so they all went home.

After Moses' body was carried to the church house later that evening, Sarah had Adam take some candles to his coffin. When he left the house Ruth was waiting for him and they hugged and kissed and talked. Everything was good until Adam heard about another muster list for the men to go and fight the redcoats in Boston. Adam had a very tough decision to make about going but it was going to have to wait because for now he needed to stay and take care of his family.

The Committee had suspected that when the British made there way to Lexington that they would talk to the redcoats and work things out. The Committee elected the Reverend as their spokesman because he was the only unarmed man. When the British arrived at Lexington they just began firing and Moses was shot twice in the chest. Adam seen the death and ran. Everyone ran. Adam hid from the redcoats in a smokehouse until his brother found him there. Adam told Levi to go home and tell his mother and grandmother that he would be home soon.

Levi came running out to meet Adam, when he neared the house, and hugged him like he had been gone a year. While Adam was sleeping a man rode by on horse and told the Cooper family that he had seen the boy dead. Everyone was happy to see Adam but still not in an all out cheerful mood. Moses' body was lying in a bed upstairs and Adam went and paid his respects.

When Adam Woke up The Reverend and "Cousin Simmons" thought that he was dead and they were t

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