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Benjamin Franklin Join or Die
https://constitutioncenter.org/blog/the-story-behind-the-join-or-die-snake-cartoon
Ben Franklin was afraid the American colonies would be weakened if they did not stand together
Snake is a metaphor for the American colonies not joining together and becoming weaker
His Albany Plan of Union was NOT successful;
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Paul Reveres Bloody Massacre
https://ap.gilderlehrman.org/resource/paul-revere%27s-engraving-boston-massacre-1770 British soldier fired into a crowd of Boston colonists protesting, killed several innocent colonists
Paul Revere created an engraving showing the Boston Massacre
Revere’s art was a piece of anti-British propaganda, showing the British soldiers killing American colonists
Revere’s art led to people rallying and fighting the British in the American Revolution -
Boston Tea Party
https://dp.la/primary-source-sets/the-boston-tea-party/sources/1189 Sons of Liberty dressed like Indians, climbed aboard British ships and dumped the British tea in the Boston Harbor as a way of protesting the Tea Act, the tax put on tea
In the foreground of the illustration, the viewer sees many concerned colonists and angry British soldiers shouting in disbelief that so many chests of tea would be thrown overboard and into the ocean -
Thomas Paine’s Common Sense
https://www.ushistory.org/paine/commonsense/sense1.htm Pamphlet written in a way the common man could understand
Stated that it was “common sense” for people to fight against a government that is too controlling
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Declaration Of Independence
https://www.archives.gov/founding-docs/declaration-transcript After experiencing an oppressive, too controlling government, Thomas Jefferson wrote this document
List of grievances about King George III and his tyrannical rule
American colonies declared their independence from Britain’s control