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Benjamin Franklin |
knew that sometimes the best way to get people to think is to make them laugh, understood colonists were capable of ruling themselves, wrote poem about how England was treating America like children, post road inventor, inspired Paine to come to America |
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King George III |
King of England, stubborn, stupid, levied taxes even though he knew colonist would hate it, poor ruler, passed Quartering Act, hated colonists, wanted to show who's in charge |
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Charles Townshend |
government official, close to the king, likeable, sponsored taxes, "Champagne Charlie", sponsored taxes for: lead, glass, paper, paint & tea, |
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Lord North |
Prime minister of England, great, heavy, booby-looking, lazy, king's right hand man, closed Boston Harbor |
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Samuel Adams |
New Englander from Boston, firebrand, started Sons of Liberty, started Boston Tea Party and Stamp Act, busybody |
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Patrick Henry |
Amazing speaker, firebrand, Southernor, Anglican |
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Thomas Paine |
Great writer, wrote "Common Sense", said "These are the times that tried men's souls," deist |
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Sons of Liberty |
Started by Samuel Adams, groupof men, met under liberty tree, fought for freedom |
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Thomas Jefferson |
Heard Henry speak, young lawyer, 3rd president |
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Minutemen |
Men ready to fight at minute's notice |
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Dr. Samuel Prescott |
Midnight rider, started in Lexington, ended in Concord to warn colonists |
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Paul Revere |
Midnight rider, started in Boston-water way to spy on British, hired a spy to tell him if British were going by land or sea, went by sea, captured in Lexington, friends with Samuel Adams, etched false picture of Boston Massacre in copper, helped anger colonists |
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Crispus Attucks |
Killed in Boston Massacre, black laborer, only African-American person killed in Boston Massacre |
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William Dawes |
Went land route to warn colonists, captured in Lexington |
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John Adams |
Young cousin of Sam Adams, 2nd president, farmer, lawyer, solid citizen, helped lead revolution, smart, wanted to give British a fair trial by being their lawyer |
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One Lantern |
British going by land |
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Two Lanterns |
British going by sea |
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Quartering Act |
George III made Americans house and feed British soldiers |
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Stamp Act |
1765, All paper must have a stamp on it and stamp taxes were raised |
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Boston |
Getting taxed by London, major seaport |
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New York |
tried to help Boston after harbor closed, sent sheep |
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South Carolina |
tried to help Boston after harbor closed, sent rice |
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Virginia |
tried to help Boston after harbor closed, set aside a day of prayer for Boston |
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Connecticut |
tried to help Boston after harbor closed, sent money |
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"Shot heard round the world" |
said by Emerson, At Lexington, not know which side to start, shot start Revolutionary War |
