Johnny Tremain Summary

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First we meet all the characters Johnny Tremain who may have a related to Mr. Lyte who is well known in england and in america(Lavinia Lyte Tremain). Next we have, Rab Silsbee, Priscilla Lapham, Jonathan Tremain, Samuel adams, Ephraim Lap, The grandfather of Johnny and Scell is the girl he worked with and cares for a lot. Johnny was accused of stealing the silver Cup fro is relative but then got out of jail he is now free because the court saw no evidence to say that he stole it. Also the Lytes family had four brother and one sister who had died and that was johnny's mom and so he really is related to him. it is time for Mr. Lyte to go back and johnny does not want to go he wants to stay and stand for his rights. Boston tea party was a big

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